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Archive > March, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 3

Making Phaco More OR-friendly

These machines' innovations assist your staff as well as your surgeons.

David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor

According to the leading manufacturers of cataract phacoemulsification units, the features that make their equipment easy, efficient and ergonomic are nearly as important as the technology that drives the phaco process itself. Here's an overview of some of the OR-friendly elements in the latest phaco machines that their makers say optimize their use for members of the surgical staff as well as for the cataract surgeon.

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