**6. Conclusion: what is the future for FLACS?**

The femtosecond laser cataract can be considered a young technology still in significant progress, compared with phacoemulsification, a very mature procedure, which has evolved for decades and has reached a very high level. Each year, companies offer new software evolving to a more user-friendly interface and more efficient versions. Progress is expected in the miniaturization of lasers, making them more moveable. New lenses may be specially designed, based on its perfect laser rhexis and would open a new refractive era, giving significant advantages to the laser procedure. The cost effectiveness is still questioned; many countries cannot afford or consider adopting this technology yet. If adequate improvements are achieved in the "FLACS of the future," this technique may become the gold standard one day.

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Clemence Bonnet1,2, Saba Al-Hashimi2

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, Antoine P. Brézin1

1 OphtalmoPôle, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Université de Paris, France

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2 Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of Los Angeles,

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and Dominique Monnet1

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*Femto Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88821*
