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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2021

The 25th Anniversary of Laser Vision Correction in the United States.

Stephen N Joffe

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05254587 (Accuracy of IOLMASTER 700 Total Keratometry), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05254587 completednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Accuracy of IOLMASTER 700 Total Keratometry (TK) in Patients Undergoing Post-Laser Vision Correction Cataract Surgery

TypeobservationalSponsorAdvanced Vision CareRan2022 to 2024Enrolled155ConditionsMyopia, Hyperopia, CataractArmsIOLMASTER 700 TK
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen N JoffeHistory of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7215-4661
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laser Vision Correction (LVC) is an elective, self-pay and safe surgical procedure to correct myopia and hyperopia. Since FDA approval 25 years ago, there have been a progression of technological improvements leading to better outcomes and LVC is now one of the safest surgical procedures. With a potential pool of 50 million patients, 6000 trained ophthalmic surgeons regularly treating in over 1000 centers of which 65% are physician owned. Treatments remain low from an earlier peak of 1.4 million to less than 800,000 over last 10 years. The factors preventing patients undergoing surgery have not changed and include the cost of $2000 ± $1000 per eye and fear of laser surgery on their eyes. The latter is overcome by word of mouth referrals and positive social media messaging. In addition, press misinformation and lack of optometrists participating in co-management have not helped grow LVC procedures despite the positive results of the FDA's Patient Reported Outcomes with LASIK studies known as PROWL. The surgery is quick, and patients can be "in and out" in less than two hours with a rapid recovery, minimal postoperative restrictions and within 24 hours have 20/20 vision. Volume and price drives center and physician profitability with a scheduling capacity of two to four patients' treatments per hour. Laser vision correction and especially LASIK, remains the treatment of choice for myopic and hyperopic patients wanting to remove their dependency on glasses and contact lenses.

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