The incidence of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery remains low despite endophthalmitis and cystoid macular edema rates comparable to standard delayed surgery, according to a study.
Divya Srikumaran, MD, told Healio/OSN that there has been more interest in immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) since COVID-related concerns led to the desire for reduced visits to health care facilities.
“ISBCS has been used a lot more outside of the U.S. and in the Kaiser health care system,” Srikumaran said. “We evaluated rates of ISBCS in the U.S. among Medicare