Becker's Healthcare June 27, 2023
Office-based lens surgery for cataracts, refractive lens exchanges and phakic IOL implantation is as safe as lens surgery at other sites, according to a new study conducted by iOR Partners and led by Medical Director Lance Kugler, MD.
Office-based lens surgery centers are accredited operating rooms within a practice, as opposed to in an ASC.
The iOR study, which was published June 5 in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, evaluated more than 18,000 consecutive patients who underwent office-based lens surgeries at 36 sites in the U.S., determining that office-based lens surgery can be performed safely, with adverse event rates similar to or lower than those in the published literature,...
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