The three femtosecond cataract surgery talks have been tremendously successful. They started of in East Melbourne which included a live demonstration of the laser itself then we moved on to Bendigo at the wine bank restaurant and finally last night at the Mill restaurant in Echuca.
It actually surprised me how most attendees were not that familiar with the concept.
By the end of the evening, I think that it is fair to say that I was able to present evidence that convinced most people about the benefits of the laser cataract surgery. The presentations include actual video footage of conventional, phacoemulsification compared to video footage of the femto laser cataract surgery.
I presented actual published data including the recently published article in Clinical and experimental ophthalmology which showed a 70% reduction in phaco energy when using he laser
Anyhow, due to its runaway success we will be holding another femto nite in East Melbourne, again with a live demonstration