Table 3.
Surgeon experience with implantable collamer lens surgery
| Total (N = 531) | Currently performed ISBICLS (N = 357) | Currently performed DSBICLS (N = 174) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How many ICL surgeries have you performed in the past year (eyes)? no. (%) | ||||
| < 100 | 195 (36.72) | 117 (32.77) | 78 (44.83) | 0.025** |
| 100–500 | 223 (42.00) | 154 (43.14) | 69 (39.66) | |
| 501–1000 | 73 (13.75) | 57 (15.97) | 16 (9.20) | |
| > 1000 | 40 (7.53) | 29 (8.12) | 11 (6.32) | |
| How many ICL surgeries have you performed(eyes)? no. (%) | ||||
| < 200 | 138 (25.99) | 85 (23.81) | 53 (30.46) | 0.024** |
| 200–1000 | 211 (39.74) | 134 (37.54) | 77 (44.25) | |
| 1001–3000 | 106 (19.96) | 80 (22.41) | 26 (14.94) | |
| > 3000 | 76 (14.31) | 58 (16.25) | 18 (10.34) | |
| How long does it take you to complete an ICL surgery for one eye? no. (%) | ||||
| ≤ 3 min | 139 (26.18) | 110 (30.81) | 29 (16.67) | 0.001*** |
| 4–6 min | 263 (49.53) | 169 (47.34) | 94 (54.02) | |
| 7–10 min | 101 (19.02) | 65 (18.21) | 36 (20.69) | |
| 11–30 min | 28 (5.27) | 13 (3.64) | 15 (8.62) | |
| Categories of surgical management, no. (%) | ||||
| Outpatient or day care surgery | 450 (84.75) | 313 (87.68) | 137 (78.74) | 0.007*** |
| Inpatient surgery | 81 (15.25) | 44 (12.32) | 37 (21.26) | |
| Indicators to account for individual performance, no. (%) | ||||
| Numbers of surgical eyes | 442 (83.24) | 292 (81.79) | 150 (86.21) | 0.201 |
| Numbers of surgical patients | 89 (16.76) | 65 (18.21) | 24 (13.79) | |
| Charge of the second eye surgery, no. (%) | ||||
| DSBICLS > ISBICLS | 67 (12.62) | 45 (12.61) | 22 (12.64) | 0.829 |
| DSBICLS = ISBICLS | 435 (81.92) | 291 (81.51) | 144 (82.76) | |
| DSBICLS < ISBICLS | 29 (5.46) | 21 (5.88) | 8 (4.60) | |
| Preoperative measurement devices when designing ICL size (multiple choice) | ||||
| Pentacam measurements | 424 (79.85) | 298 (83.47) | 126 (72.41) | 0.003*** |
| UBM measurements | 367 (69.11) | 258 (72.27) | 109 (62.64) | 0.024** |
| AS-OCT measurements | 194 (36.53) | 134 (37.54) | 60 (34.48) | 0.493 |
| What percentage of time do you modify your ICL selection in the second eye according to the vault from the first eye? no. (%) | ||||
| 0% | 31 (5.84) | 28 (7.84) | 3 (1.72) | 0.037** |
| 1–25% | 341 (64.22) | 226 (63.31) | 115 (66.09) | |
| 26–50% | 63 (11.86) | 39 (10.92) | 24 (13.79) | |
| 51–75% | 39 (7.34) | 29 (8.12) | 10 (5.75) | |
| 76–100% | 57 (10.73) | 35 (9.80) | 22 (12.64) | |
ICL implantable collamer lens, ISBICLS immediately sequential bilateral ICL surgery, DSBICLS delayed sequential bilateral ICL surgery