Surgeons should consider offering immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery

Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery can offer similar vision and safety outcomes when compared with delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery and is a more cost-effective option for patients and the health care system, according to a speaker at the virtual American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.
β€œIn the COVID era, it is time to adapt and offer ISBCS,” Huck A. Holz, MD, a cornea specialist at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, said.
Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) results in half as many operating room and office

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