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None 64%
1-10% 4.6%
11-25% 2.6%
26-50% 5.2%
51-75% 3.9%
76-100% 19.6%
Which of these refractive
cataract surgery technolo-
gies are you using at your
facility?
Multifocal IOLs 84.5%
Toric IOLs 90.1%
IOLs available in
0.25D steps 31.1%
Arcuate corneal
incisions 47.2%
Intraop wavefront
aberrometry 16.8%
Digital marking through the
operating scope 24.8%
None of these 3.7%
Do you use any preloaded
IOL-injection systems at
your facility?
Yes 26.1%
No 70.8%
Unsure 3.1%
Are any of your surgeons per-
forming "dropless" cataract
surgery, injecting an antibiot-
ic-steroid combination before
closing so that the patient
doesn't have to instill drops
post-operatively?
Yes 20.3%
No 78.3%
Unsure 1.4%
Do any of your surgeons
use ReSure Sealant surgi-
cal glue?
Yes 21.7%
No 78.3%
In what percentage of
cataract cases do your sur-
geons use a mechanical
pupillary dilation device
like the Malyugin Ring?
0-5% 62.7%
6-10% 22.5%
11-15% 11.3%
16-20% 3.5%
More than 20% 0%
In cases in which extra
pupillary dilation is neces-
sary, how attractive is the
idea of being able to use a
dilating/anti-inflammation
drug in the irrigation fluid
instead of using a
mechanical device?
Very attractive 23.7%
Somewhat attractive 43.9%
Not too attractive 7.9%
Not at all attractive 5.8%
Don't know/no
opinion 18.7%
Do any of your surgeons
use the Verus
Capsulorhexis Device?
Yes 7.1%
No 92.9%
Has any surgeon in your
facility ever implanted a
CentraSight implantable
telescope to treat age-relat-
ed macular degeneration?
Yes 3.6%
No 96.5%
SOURCE: Outpatient Surgery
Magazine Reader Survey,
July 2015 (n=234)
