Data show higher patient expectations for presbyopia laser therapy among women
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective, AnnMarie Hipsley, DPT, PhD, discusses data that compared the patient-reported satisfaction levels of women and men with presbyopia after laser scleral microporation therapy.
“Interestingly enough, we had more women than men, about twice as many women in the study, and women were more demanding with their satisfaction than men,” Hipsley said at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
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