YAG laser posterior capsulotomy
AAAHC’s benchmarking study is based on clinical studies of YAG laser posterior capsulotomy surgeries between January and June 2018. The study includes 25 organizations with a combined 15,788 YAG laser posterior capsulotomies surgeries per year.
1. Eighty-eight percent of patients wait less than one month after scheduling YAG laser surgery before undergoing the procedure.
2. One-hundred percent of patients resume daily living within a week of undergoing YAG laser surgery.
3. Eighty-nine percent of patients reported improved vision after YAG laser surgery in an ASC.
4. Ninety-nine percent of patients say they’re comfortable while undergoing YAG laser surgery in the ASC.
5. Ninety-eight percent are comfortable after discharge.
6. Ninety-nine percent of patients report they would recommend YAG laser surgery after undergoing the procedure in an ASC.
7. Median pre-procedure time is 47 minutes for YAG laser surgeries, with a range of 18 to 75 minutes.
8. Median procedure time for YAG laser surgeries in ASCs is two minutes with a range of one to 11 minutes.
9. Median discharge time for cataract surgeries is six minutes.
Here are statistics on ophthalmology case mix by specialty from VMG Health’s Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2018.
10. Ophthalmology
Mean: 26 percent
25th percentile: 11 percent
Median: 21 percent
75th percentile: 37 percent
90th percentile: 54 percent
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