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Primary outcomes were: surgical safety, efficacy and intraoperative parameters (Time lag, and surgical time duration). Secondary outcome was the occurrence of self-reported surgeon strain (SRSS), measured in a range from 0 to 5 and ergonomics, measured through the rapid upper limb assessment scale, RULA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 100 phacoemulsification surgeries were performed. Surgical success was recorded in all cases (100%) and no intraoperative complications were documented (0%). Mean time lag was 50 ms and the mean intraoperative surgery duration was 14\u2009\u00b1\u20096 min. The SRSS was graded as 0 in all cases with the absence of neck and back pain nor nausea or visual disturbance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The application of mixed reality in phacoemulsification surgery is an innovative, safe and effective tool in intraocular surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10792-026-04164-x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]],"date-time":"2026-08-04T03:36:54Z","timestamp":1785814614000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Phacoemulsification surgery: stepping into the mixed reality era"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Maria Ludovica","family":"Ruggeri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruggero","family":"Tartaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alberto","family":"Quarta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luca","family":"Vecchiarino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rodolfo","family":"Mastropasqua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"4164_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11102858","volume":"11","author":"SR Singh","year":"2022","unstructured":"Singh SR, Chhablani J (2022) Optical coherence tomography imaging: advances in ophthalmology. 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