5
Laser-Assisted
Cataract Surgery
Key Findings:
Almost 60% of respondents
believe that capsulorhexis creation
and arcuate refractive incisions will
provide the largest clinical benefits
with laser-assisted cataract surgery.
ASCRS
members are optimistic
about the future of LACS, with 94%
believing they will at least do some
laser cataract surgery in 10 years
and 38% believing a majority or all
will be LACS.
More than half of respondents are
not very or not at all confident there
is a current adequate reimbursement
solution to support laser-assisted
cataract surgery.
"
As data driven outcomes analysis
with quality studies reveals a clinical
benefit of laser-assisted cataract
surgery, I think that ophthalmic sur-
geons will increasingly recommend
this technology to their patients, and
patients will seek surgeons who
perform this procedure. However,
finding the optimal reimbursement
and access model is a critical step
in this process. ASCRS will provide a
platform to share this information, as
well as viable financial models for
successful integration, to enable sur-
geons to become more comfortable
with the adoption of laser-assisted
cataract surgery technology.
"
–Eric Donnenfeld, MD,
chief medical editor, EyeWorld
