Ultramodern Eye Op Performed in Sofia

Society | April 29, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
Ultramodern Eye Op Performed in Sofia A modern technique for removal of eye cataract was shown in Sofia. Japanese ace Takayuki Akahoshi performed the surgery. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia News Agency)

A Japanese surgical ace carried out in Sofia the most up-to-date method of removing eye cataract.

Takayuki Akahoshi performed the surgery at the Military Medical Academy, where medics were seated in a special video room to watch live the operation.

Akahoshi used the Infiniti Vision System, the most modern technology for phacoemulsification - a procedure in which the lens clouded by a cataract is broken up by ultrasound, irrigated, and suctioned out.

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