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ciency. Additionally, independent zoom and focus controls on the assistant scope are useful. For the support staff, having an assistant scope
that can be quickly and easily readjusted between left and right eye
positions improves turnover time.
4. Are hightech additions
available?
With the advent of
premium intraocular
lenses and refractive
cataract surgery,
patients have high
expectations.
Fortunately, there are
high-tech additions
for ophthalmic microscopes that increase
surgeon efficiency,
shorten case times
and improve patient
outcomes. These
include intraoperative
displays of individualized patient templates
for performing limbalrelaxing incisions,
scalable rings to aid in
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