Evaluation of a hub-and-spoke model for the delivery of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery within the context of a large randomised controlled trial.

Harry William RobertsVijay K WaghIsabella J M MullensSimone BorsciMelody Z NiDavid P S O'Brart

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2018)

The FLACS hub-and-spoke model was significantly faster than CPS, with patients spending less time in the OR. This enabled an improvement in productivity, but insufficient to meaningfully offset the additional costs relating to FLACS.

Keyphrases

cataract surgery
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
study protocol
network analysis
climate change
randomized controlled trial
bioinformatics analysis