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Office-Based, Bilateral Visian ICL Results Post FDA Approval: Keeping Up with the Joneses. Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD. BEVERLY HILLS , CA. Financial Disclosures: Dr. Boxer Wachler consults for Staar Surgical. Who Are the "Joneses"?.
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Office-Based, Bilateral Visian ICL Results Post FDA Approval:Keeping Up with the Joneses Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD BEVERLY HILLS , CA
Financial Disclosures:Dr. Boxer Wachler consults for Staar Surgical
Who Are the "Joneses"? LASIK, PRK, CK, among others, which are all performed bilaterally in the office. It’s now time for ICL to make the move into your OFFICE procedure room (not ASC anymore)
How can intraocular surgery be performed in an office-based surgery suite?
AAAHC Facility and Environment Checklist • Section 8, con’t • Adequate lighting and ventilation are provided in all areas. • Facilities are clean and properly maintained. • Coved floors. • Non-flaking ceiling tiles. • Monthly cleaning of walls, ceilings and all other non-surgical surfaces. • Procedures minimize the sources and transmission of infections. • Procedures for proper identification, management, handling, transport, treatment, and disposition of hazardous materials and wastes whether solid, liquid or gas.
Coved Floors Non-Flaking Tile Ceiling
Our Post-FDA Approval ICL Results • 49 eyes of 26 patients • Preop SE myopia -8.64 +/- 3.01 D • (range -3.5 D to -14.75 D) • ICL mean -6.4 +/- 1.1 D • All plano target • 3 months SE postop accuracy • +0.06 +/- 0.38 D (range +0.62 to -0.50 D)
UCVA 3 Months Postop % of Cases
Change in BSCVA from Preop % of Cases • 1 case of halos • No infections, cataracts, increased IOP, or other side effects.
Side Effects • 1 case of halos • No infections, cataracts, increased IOP, or other side effects.
Patients describe their VA like“HD TV” – yes, it’s that clear • Visian ICL can be successfully performed bilaterally, in office-based surgery suite • Vision results are excellent