Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract

How will we work differently when the burgeoning shortage of ophthalmologists makes it impossible to meet the demands for our services?

Study results showing efficacy of a dry eye nasal spray and a blog pondering the future of Beovu lead ophthalmology coverage for June.

For many surgeons, immediate sequential cataract surgery, the topic of this month’s cover story, is an idea that won’t materialize any time soon because of a number of barriers, but there is one clear path that is available to all.

Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery can provide comparable outcomes and efficiencies as traditional cataract surgery, but until reimbursement rates are modified, it may not become widespread.

Is it necessary to have the results from the first cataract surgery to guide our results for the second eye surgery? I answer a qualified yes.

Doctors worldwide are debating the risk-benefit ratio for immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery, or ISBCS, vs. performing second eye surgery 1 or more days later.

Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery with implantation of multifocal IOLs showed comparable outcomes to delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery in a large case series.

Increased odds of intraoperative complications in prescription opioid users and the merits of same-day bilateral cataract surgery led Healio/OSN’s 2020 cataract surgery coverage.