Use of a three-dimensional head-mounted digital visualization platform in cataract surgery

• Published in: Eye (London) Vol. 37; no. 14; pp. 2905 - 2908
• Main Authors: Sorkin, Nir, Levinger, Eliya, Achiron, Asaf, Gomel, Nir, Cohen, Shai, Rabina, Gilad, Schwartz, Shulamit, Barak, Adiel, Loewenstein, Anat, Varssano, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2023; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/409; 692/700/565/545; Acuity; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cataract - etiology; Cataract Extraction - methods; Cataracts; Comorbidity; Complications; Edema; Eye surgery; Humans; Laboratory Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Patients; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Postoperative; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Treatment Outcome; Visualization
• ISSN: 0950-222X; 1476-5454; 1476-5454
• DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02427-w

Objective To report preliminary experience using the BeyeonicsOne (Beyeonics Vision, Haifa, Israel) digital visualization platform and the utilization of its three-dimensional (3D) head-mounted display (HMD) in cataract surgery. Methods An interventional case series including patients who underwent cataract surgery using the 3D HMD platform at the Tel Aviv Medical Center. The system uses the HMD unit to display high-resolution real-time 3D surgical field images. Collected data included patient demographics, ocular comorbidities, risk factors for complex cataract surgery, cataract grading, preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and intra- and postoperative complications. Results In total, 60 eyes of 60 subjects (mean age 73.1 ± 8.4 years) were included. Mean preoperative BCVA was 0.40 ± 0.30 logMAR (Snellen equivalent ~20/50) and improved to 0.10 ± 0.10 logMAR (Snellen equivalent ~20/25, p  < 0.001). None of the patients suffered BCVA loss. All procedures and follow-ups were uneventful except for one case of a posterior capsular tear and one case of post-surgical cystoid macular edema. Conclusion The visualization platform and its embedded 3D head-mounted display can be easily used in routine cataract surgery with the added benefits of improved ergonomics, high picture quality and enhanced image control.