China LASIK Forcast 2013 - 2023

Forecast of Laser Refract ive Surgery in China: 2013 -2023

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i. Source: SurgiVision® Consultants, Inc., in collaboration with Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

ii. Procedure volume estimates are based on data collected for this report and were collaborated from among three sources: Alcon (China) Ophthalmic Product Co., Ltd., Aier Eye Hospitals and Lumenis Ltd., China.

iii. The rate of LASIK vs. PRK in China was based on data obtained from the Aier Eye Hospital system in China. The 81% for the US market is based on the SurgiVision® DataLink registry data in an analysis of 650,000 eyes operated over the past 5 years (SurgiVision® Consultants, Inc., private communication).

iv. David R. Harmon, Market Scope. The LASIK Market: Yesterday’s Technology or Poised for Recovery? Cat Ref Surg Today, August, 2011.

v. Stephanie Armour and Julie Apple, LASIK risks understated. USA TODAY, June 28, 2001.

vi. Enru Lin. Surgery pioneer drops support for LASIK. The China Post.2012

vii. Anthony J. Lombardo, MD, PhD, Richard L. Lindstrom, MD. Demographics of Refractive February 15, Surgery Patients and Market Trends. AAO 2011. http://www.aao.org/vp/edu/refract/v1m5/ refractive_management_v1m5.pdf

viii. Harmon David R. The LASIK Market: Yesterday’s technology, or poised for recover? CRS Today, 2011, Bryn Mawr publications.

ix. US Census Bureau International Data. http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/region.php?N=%20Results%20&T=13&A=separate&RT=0&Y=2022&R=-1&C=CH

x. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2010 Feb 23;90(7):439-42. [Analysis of correlative factors and prevalence on China's youth myopia]. [Article in Chinese] Xie HL, Xie ZK, Ye J, Yang XJ, Qu J.

xi. Lam CS, Lam CH, Cheng SC, Chan LY. Prevalence of myopia among Hong Kong Chinese schoolchildren: changes over two decades. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2012 Jan;32(1):17-24.

xii. He M, Huang W, Li Y, Zheng Y, Yin Q, Foster PJ. Refractive error and biometry in older Chinese adults: the Liwan eye study.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Nov;50(11):5130-6. Epub 2009 Jun 24.

xiii. He MG, Lin Z, Huang J, Lu Y, Wu CF, Xu JJ. [Population-based survey of refractive error in school-aged children in Liwan District, Guangzhou]. [Article in Chinese] Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi. 2008 Jun;44(6):491-6.

xiv. Liang YB, Wong TY, Sun LP, Tao QS, Wang JJ, Yang XH, Xiong Y, Wang NL, Friedman, DS. Refractive errors in a rural Chinese adult population the Handan eye study. Ophthalmology. 2009 Nov;116(11):2119-27. Epub 2009 Sep 10.

xv. Leung TW, Lam AK, Deng L, Kee CS. Characteristics of astigmatism as a function of age in a Hong Kong clinical population. Optom Vis Sci. 2012 Jul;89(7):984-92.

xvi. Sun J, Zhou J, Zhao P, Lian J, Zhu H, Zhou Y, Sun Y, Wang Y, Zhao L, Wei Y, Wang, L, Cun B, Ge S, Fan X. High prevalence of myopia and high myopia in 5060 Chinese university students in Shanghai. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Nov 1;53(12):7504-9.

xvii. Novartis, China. Personal correspondence.

xviii. Based on data provided by Alcon (China) Ophthalmic Product Co., Ltd.

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