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Annual survey finds LASIK volume up more than 25%
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2005-06-23, 11:55 am |
| OCULAR SURGERY NEWS 5/15/2005
Annual survey finds LASIK volume up more than 25%
WASHINGTON – The volume of LASIK procedures grew 26% from 2003 to
2004, according to an annual survey of practice preferences presented
here at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
meeting.
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The traffic to our USAEyes.org has increased over the same period of a
slightly greater percentage, but interestingly we are not receiving as
many complaints about complications at either USAEyes.org or
ComplicatedEyes.org. The website's rankings in listing services have
remained about the same or have raised, yet we are not seeing an
increase in complication rates.
Certainly this is anecdotal, but does indicate the continued
improvement of refractive surgery outcomes.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes.org
"Consider and Choose With Confidence"
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| doctor_my_eye@msn.com 2005-06-23, 5:56 pm |
| P.S. Its the economy, too, of course. LASIK is viewed by many
consumers as a personal indulgence that they only consider buying if
they feel their job is stable.
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| doctor_my_eye@msn.com 2005-06-23, 5:56 pm |
| I agree that outcomes have improved considerably. We can look at
various contributing factors. I feel that many doctors are taking
fewer risks with the tougher cases that they might have tried earlier,
or probably never should have tried. I think that a number of high
risk of failure candidates eliminate themselves by reading the negative
information on the internet. The programs are better, the lasers are
better, the techs are more experienced.
There will always be a number of post-operative disasters, but they are
getting harder and harder to find, nothing like the numbers I saw in
2002-2003.
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| Ragnar 2005-06-23, 5:56 pm |
| I'm surprised that the number of LASIK procedures performed every year
continues to rise. I would have expected that a lot of the people
over 20 who would have LASIK would have it done by now, and that there
would be a huge drop in procedures due to the lack of new patients.
Over time I would expect the rate of procedures to be stable - with
the number of new potential patients equalling the number of people
turning 20 per year.
That has not been the case so far, which has made LASIK the #1 surgery
performed - with the lowest incidence of problems of any surgery.
On 23 Jun 2005 11:12:00 -0700, "doctor_my_eye@msn.com"
<doctor_my_eye@msn.com> wrote:
>I agree that outcomes have improved considerably. We can look at
>various contributing factors. I feel that many doctors are taking
>fewer risks with the tougher cases that they might have tried earlier,
>or probably never should have tried. I think that a number of high
>risk of failure candidates eliminate themselves by reading the negative
>information on the internet. The programs are better, the lasers are
>better, the techs are more experienced.
>There will always be a number of post-operative disasters, but they are
>getting harder and harder to find, nothing like the numbers I saw in
>2002-2003.
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2005-06-27, 10:04 am |
| It is estimated that less than 4% of US citizens who would be eligible
for refractive surgery have had it performed. There would appear to be
a significant amount of growth potential.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes.org
"Consider and Choose With Confidence"
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| Ragnar 2005-06-27, 10:04 am |
| Only 4%? Wow. I wonder what percentage of us citizens are
considered eligible for lasik.
I'm sure that LVI would consider 100% of citizens to be eligible for
lasik.
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:15:12 GMT, Glenn - USAEyes.org
<glenn.hageleSTOPSPAM@USAEyes.org> wrote:
>It is estimated that less than 4% of US citizens who would be eligible
>for refractive surgery have had it performed. There would appear to be
>a significant amount of growth potential.
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>Glenn Hagele
>Executive Director
>USAEyes.org
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>"Consider and Choose With Confidence"
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>Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
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>http://www.USAEyes.org
>http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
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>I am not a doctor.
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| CatmanX 2005-06-27, 10:04 am |
| Then they would probably be more accurate than anything you have posted
here.
dr grant
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