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Retinal surgeons might want to consider practicing in ASC

For more than 10 years, it has been inevitable at every meeting that a colleague will nudge me and ask in hushed tones and quivering whispers about performing retina surgery in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). It is much like asking for matrimonial advice from Playboy model-turned-actress Anna Nicole Smith, knowing that the advice may be tempting, but somehow immoral and unholy.

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