A large cohort study based on the IRIS Registry found that immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery was associated with worse visual outcomes as compared with delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery.
The differences were small and may not be clinically relevant, but they still deserve consideration, according to the authors.
The Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS) Registry is a national comprehensive database built by American Academy of Ophthalmology members. Data from 1,824,196 patients undergoing bilateral cataract surgery were analyzed in this study. Out of them, 44,525