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US TRENDS IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY: 1998 ASCRS and ISRS SURVEY

US TRENDS IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY: 1998 ASCRS and ISRS SURVEY. Richard J. Duffey, MD David Leaming, MD Seattle April 10, 1999. 1998 SURVEY. Sept. mailing to 5000 U.S. members of ASCRS 1431 responses representing 29% of the U.S. ASCRS membership

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US TRENDS IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY: 1998 ASCRS and ISRS SURVEY

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  1. US TRENDS IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY: 1998 ASCRS and ISRS SURVEY Richard J. Duffey, MD David Leaming, MD Seattle April 10, 1999

  2. 1998 SURVEY • Sept. mailing to 5000 U.S. members of ASCRS • 1431 responses representing 29% of the U.S. ASCRS membership • Second year of refractive data collection allowing analysis and comparison of trends amongst ASCRS and ISRS U.S. surgeons • RK, ALK, PRK, LASIK, ICR, P-IOL, excimer lasers, microkeratomes, topography DUFFEY 1999

  3. > 5 CASES / MONTH DUFFEY 1999

  4. > 25 CASES / MONTH DUFFEY 1999

  5. > 75 CASES / MONTH DUFFEY 1999

  6. PREFERRED SURGERY FOR -4.00 DIOPTER MYOPE DUFFEY 1999

  7. PREFERRED SURGERY FOR -7.00 DIOPTER MYOPE DUFFEY 1999

  8. PREFERRED SURGERY FOR -12.00 DIOPTER MYOPE DUFFEY 1999

  9. SURGERY DONE BILATERAL AT SAME O.R. VISIT DUFFEY 1999

  10. SURGERY PERFORMED IN PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE DUFFEY 1999

  11. PREFERRED TOPOGRAPHY UNIT DUFFEY 1999

  12. PREFERRED EXCIMER LASER DUFFEY 1999

  13. USE / PREFER MICROKERATOME DUFFEY 1999

  14. ’98 ASCRS SURVEY CONCLUSIONS • LASIK is the fastest growing refractive procedure amongst ASCRS U.S. surgeons • High volume refractive surgeons prefer LASIK over PRK • Bilateral simultaneous surgery is accepted and preferred for LASIK > RK >>PRK • VisX Star preferred 3:1 over all other lasers • Hansatome is the preferred microkeratome; Moria increasing DUFFEY 1999

  15. Thanks to the ASCRS leadership for their support and for your participation in the 1998 Survey We look forward to your responses in the 1999 survey this fall

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