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A new hi-tech approach to cataract surgery introduced to Hong Kong about three months ago is said to be safer and more efficient than the traditional manual method.

Femtosecond laser technology uses a near infrared light to create precise subsurface cuts on the cornea. It has been used to successfully treat 120 cataract patients in the city so far, according to Dr Jean Paul Yih, an ophthalmologist at the Hong Kong Eye Day Surgery Centre, one of two centres that offer the surgery in Hong Kong.

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