Title: Office-Based, Bilateral Visian ICL Results Post FDA Approval: Keeping Up with the Joneses
1Office-Based, Bilateral Visian ICL Results Post
FDA ApprovalKeeping Up with the Joneses
Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD
BEVERLY HILLS , CA
2Financial DisclosuresDr. Boxer Wachler consults
for Staar Surgical
3Who Are the "Joneses"?
LASIK, PRK, CK, among others, which are all
performed bilaterally in the office. Its now
time for ICL to make the move into your OFFICE
procedure room (not ASC anymore)
4How can intraocular surgery be performed in an
office-based surgery suite?
5AAAHC Facility and Environment Checklist
- Section 8, cont
- 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.
6Coved Floors
Non-Flaking Tile Ceiling
7Surgeon/Staff Preparation
8Our 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)
9UCVA 3 Months Postop
of Cases
10Change in BSCVA from Preop
of Cases
- 1 case of halos
- No infections, cataracts, increased IOP, or other
side effects.
11Side Effects
- 1 case of halos
- No infections, cataracts, increased IOP, or other
side effects.
12Patients describe their VA likeHD TV yes,
its that clear
- Visian ICL can be successfully performed
bilaterally, in office-based surgery suite - Vision results are excellent