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. 2022 Nov 4;12(1):217–237. doi: 10.1007/s40123-022-00599-4

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