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19 EW SHOW DAILY ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, San Diego 2015 patient if he/she doesn't fit into a category for use, even if the surgeon thinks the technology is better. I n a session co-sponsored by the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee and Ophthalmology Business magazine, experts dis- cussed the ethics of femtosec- ond laser-assisted cataract surgery. Richard Hoffman, MD, Eugene, Ore., served as moderator of the panel, which featured John Banja, PhD, Atlanta, Kendall Donaldson, MD, Miami, Donald Serafano, MD, Long Beach, Calif., Michael Snyder, MD, Cincinnati, and Abhay Vasavada, MD, Ahmedabad, India. The session started with au- dience response questions, which asked the attendance if they are currently performing femtosecond cataract surgery and whether they believe there are ethical dilemmas relating to this surgery. About 42% indicated that they are not using the femtosecond laser but are interested, while 22% indicated that they have no intention of using it at this time, and 33% said they do use it. About half of the audience believed that there are modest associated ethical dilemmas that are easy to overcome. The panel then discussed a number of scenarios relating to femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and gave their opinions on how best to proceed. The first scenario was a question of access, with a patient coming to a practice on the recommendation of a friend who had successful cataract surgery done by the surgeon. The surgeon does not perform femto- second laser cataract surgery and does not have access to a laser, but the patient is requesting femtosec- ond laser cataract surgery. Audience responses on this question were split between referring the patient to an ophthalmologist with access to a la- ser and discussing the attributes and limitations of the laser and talking the patient out of laser cataract surgery. Dr. Snyder believes the solu- tion would be very dependent on whether the surgeon thinks it's a superior technology or not. There is a translational problem, not only with femto, but with multifocal/ toric IOLs, he said, because some people have positive feelings and some have negative. "When we try to talk our patients into things, there's the ethical question and there's also the tremendous obliga- tion that comes with that," he said. Dr. Donaldson said it's import- ant to distinguish what the surgeon personally believes might be true and what is actually proven to be true. Another topic that came up was what to do if the patient is not a candidate but is requesting the use of the femtosecond laser for sur- gery. 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