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Keep Your Nose Clean - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - August 2018

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Laser cataract surgery Once the hottest trend in cataract surgery, laser cataract surgery might be losing some steam. The percentage of facilities offering this service declined from 51% last year to 41% this year. Several facilities that dropped it cited cost, speed, space and tepid surgeon commit- ment. "We tried it when it was first implemented, but it was short-lived," says Annquinetta Dansby-Kell, RN, CRNO, clinical coordinator at the Eye Center of the Outpatient Care Center in Birmingham, Ala. "Most surgeons were not interested. It prolonged overall OR time and many felt that they performed a reasonable manual capsulorhexis without the laser." "We tried it for a year, but it was not a cost-effective option for our patient population and our ASC was not big enough for the process to be effi- cient," says Laura Picano-Wilson, RN, clinical director of the Livonia (Mich.) Outpatient Surgery Center. "We have stopped using this modality," says a Philadelphia ophthalmologist. "It increases inflamma- tion, constricts the pupil and, worst of all, 9 0 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 Tat Marker takes seconds to remove post-op resulting in happier patients Marker takes nds to remove -op resulting in pier patients www.viscot.com viscotcs@viscot.com • 800.221.0658 The cataracts are gone but the purple mark is embarrassing Quick to apply, easy to remove - see demo: w w w. bit.ly /tatmar ker

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