Multifunctional foot control for phacoemulsification: Economically designed footswitches from Steute provide flexible control in a new range of phacoemulsification devices

摘要

What is the most commonly performed operation worldwide? Answered correctly on "Who wants to be a millionaire?" this question could quite probably win you a five figure sum. As a candidate, your best chance of winning would be to have an opthalmologist friend waiting at the other end of a phone line, since the correct answer is cataract treatment In Germany alone, around 600,000 cataract opeiations are performed each year, and in this field phacoemulsification is becoming increasingly important.