ReviewSaudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society
Pros and cons of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS).
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- Immediate sequential bilateral surgery versus delayed sequential bilateral surgery for cataracts.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Eight years of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery: temporal trends, visual outcomes, and safety in a tertiary teaching hospital.International ophthalmology · 2026Observational
- Effects of postoperative inflammation on visual and refractive recovery after cataract surgery: role of subconjunctival dexamethasone.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
- Comparative Outcomes of Immediate Versus Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Documenting the subjective patient experience of first vs second eye during immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery.Journal of cataract and refractive surgery · 2026Article
- Refractive outcomes of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery in eyes with long and short axial lengths.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Cytokines in aqueous humor of patients with congenital cataract during delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Comparisons of outcomes and complications of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery and unilateral cataract surgery in a tertiary hospital in South Korea.Scientific reports · 2022Review
- Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery in Down syndrome.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cataract: Evidence to Support the Development of the WHO Package of Eye Care Interventions.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Endophthalmitis Rate in Immediately Sequential versus Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery within the Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS®) Registry Data.Ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Use of Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS) to Optimize Parameters Affecting the Subjective Perception of the Procedure.Journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Evolution of and developments in simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery. Update 2020.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Review
- Recent developments in cataract surgery.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
- A stakeholder meeting exploring the ethical perspectives of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery.Journal of medical ethics · 2020Article
- Cost-effectiveness of immediate versus delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery in the Netherlands (the BICAT-NL study): study design of a prospective multicenter randomised controlled trial.BMC ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Correlation of binocular refractive error and calculation of intraocular Lens power for the second eye.BMC ophthalmology · 2020Article
- A survey exploring ophthalmologists' attitudes and beliefs in performing Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery in the United Kingdom.BMC ophthalmology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) is currently a "hot topic" in ophthalmology. There are well-documented advantages in terms of quicker visual rehabilitation and reduced costs. The risk of bilateral simultaneous endophthalmitis and bilateral blindness is now recognized to be minuscule with the advent of intracameral antibiotics and modern management of endophthalmitis. Refractive surprises are rare for normal eyes and with the use of optical biometry. Where a general anesthetic is indicated for cataract surgery, the risk of death from a second anesthetic is much higher than the risk of blindness. A widely recognized protocol from the International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons needs to be adhered to if surgeons wish to start practicing ISBCS.
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