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US Trends in Refractive Surgery: 2008 ASCRS Survey. Richard J. Duffey , MD David Leaming , MD San Francisco: April 4, 2009. Disclosures. The authors actually spend some of their own hard-earned dollars to cover the annual printing and analyzing costs of this survey. 2008 ASCRS Survey.
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US Trends in Refractive Surgery: 2008 ASCRS Survey Richard J. Duffey, MD David Leaming, MD San Francisco: April 4, 2009
Disclosures • The authors actually spend some of their own hard-earned dollars to cover the annual printing and analyzing costs of this survey. Duffey 2008
2008 ASCRS Survey • Sept. mailing to 4980 U.S. members of ASCRS • 634 responses representing 13% of the U.S. ASCRS membership • Thirteenth year of refractive data collection allowing analysis and comparison of trends amongst ASCRS U.S. surgeons • Alphabet soup of refractive surgery. • Added questions in recent years as the field has incorporated new laser and refractive technologies including premium IOL’s, astigmatism correction, etc. Duffey 2008
Preferred Surgery for 30 yo -10.00 Diopter Myope * Duffey 2008
Preferred Surgery for 45 yo +3.00 D Hyperope * Duffey 2008
Preferred Surgery for 45 yo +5.00 D Hyperope * Duffey 2008
Currently are a Refractive Surgeon and had Refractive Surgery Performed on Yourself *Greater than 4 times the pene- tration compared to general public Duffey 2008
Surgeon Willing to do Bilateral Surgery at the Same Visit * Duffey 2008
Topography Unit Owned -many practices own more than one unit * * Duffey 2008
Microkeratome Used Most * Duffey 2008
Excimer Used Most * Duffey 2008
Wavefront-Guided Custom Ablations in Your Practice * Duffey 2008
Preferred Surgery for Presbyopia * Duffey 2008
Do You Intra-operatively Measure Flap Thickness? * Duffey 2008
Preferred Flap Thickness (when no other constraints) * Duffey 2008
Minimum Residual Stromal Bed Thickness Requirement * Duffey 2008
Total Cases of Post LASIK Ectasia as the Primary Surgeon in Career *the numbers are not growing Duffey 2008
Minimum Preop Corneal Pachymetry for LASIK(all other parameters normal) * * * Duffey 2008
Mitomycin-C Use (MMC) Duffey 2008
Will You Perform Refractive Surgery on One-Eyed Patients * Duffey 2008
When Co-managed, Who Sees Postop LASIK Patient on Day 1 ? Duffey 2008
Minimum “OR” Location for Phakic-IOL Surgery Duffey 2008
Refractive Surgery Volumes (extrapolated data in thousands) Duffey 2008
Refractive Surgery Volumes (extrapolated data in thousands) Duffey 2008
2008 ASCRS SUMMARY • Volume of LVC (U.S.) in 2008: 0.988 M eyes. 11-12 M since 1996. • P-IOL(40%) and LASIK (23%) in high myopes. • VisX still at > 3:1 (73%) over all other lasers combined. • Greater than 30% penetration of modern refractive surgery amongst refractive surgeons (no data on surgeon family members this year). • 83% (stable) use MMC for prophylaxis/haze. Duffey 2008
2008 ASCRS SUMMARY • Most desired flap thickness is 120-130 microns. 100 micron flap thickness is favored by 20% of surgeons (up from 11% three years ago). • 14% of respondents are OK with bilateral P-IOL (11% two years ago) and 5% with RLE at the same surgical setting. • ReStor(15%) and CrystaLens (14%) accommodative IOL’s are gaining popularity while the ReZoom (3%) is dropping off as lens-based presbyopia options. Duffey 2008
Thanks to ASCRS leadership for their support and for your participation in the 2008 Survey We look forward to your responses in the 2009 survey this autumn. Complete results now at www.duffeylaser.com