Ufa ophthalmologists conducted a unique operation thirteen year old girl from Khanty-Mansiysk. The child was in need of cataract treatment. For this procedure in scientific research Institute of eye diseases was used a special laser, and the whole process took less than half an hour.

Onthe monitor is a process for the treatment of cataract. Surgeon in pizza tells how divided into parts and removed the shell of the lens of the eye. This is done in order to replace it with artificial.

Daily only one operating in Ufa research Institute of eye surgery surgery about twenty people. Patients with almost the entire country. For example, this thirteen-year-old girl's parents the girl was brought from Tyumen. It was complicated by unilateral cataract. The treatment took no more than thirty minutes. Such treatments for children performing only a few medical centers in the country.

To reduce the operation time and spend it with minimum risk, femtosecond laser. The principle of action – gently open the shell of the lens for the subsequent work of the surgeon.

The first phase of operation is fully automated. The femtosecond laser process is the opening of the lens capsule. The laser makes an incision in the form of a circle. Themselves surgeons compare it with opening the cans. The next stage of the operation is performed manually.

While in the Republic of only two such medical apparatus. According to doctors, they can reduce the qualifications of surgeons and carry out more procedures. And in the future it is planned to reduce the age of patients to infants.