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. 2022 Mar 1;48(3):310-316.
doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000750.

Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery: an academic teaching center's experience

Susan Ruyu Qi  1 , Roxanne Arsenault, Mélanie Hébert, Eunice You, Marie Eve Légaré, Steve A Arshinoff, Mathieu Mercier
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Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery: an academic teaching center's experience

Susan Ruyu Qi et al. J Cataract Refract Surg. .

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and outcomes of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) at a Canadian academic teaching center.

Setting: Tertiary university teaching hospital of Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: 2003 consecutive patients (4006 eyes) who underwent ISBCS under topical anesthesia from January 2019 to December 2019 were included. All charts were retrospectively reviewed. Outcome measures included intraoperative and postoperative complications, postoperative uncorrected distance (UCVA) and pinhole (PHVA) visual acuities, and autorefraction measurements.

Results: 4006 eyes from 1218 (60.8%) female and 785 (39.2%) male patients with a mean age of 74 ± 8 years had a mean preoperative visual acuity of 0.503 logMAR (Snellen 20/63). The mean axial length was 23.53 ± 1.37 mm. Most eyes had monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) implanted (n = 3738, 93.3%) followed by toric (n = 226, 5.6%), multifocal (n = 25, 0.6%), and multifocal toric (n = 17, 0.4%) IOLs. Intraoperative complications included 14 (0.3%) posterior capsule ruptures with 5 (0.1%) requiring sulcus IOL placement, and 7 (0.2%) partial zonulysis, with 3 requiring capsular tension rings (0.07%). There were no cases of endophthalmitis or toxic anterior segment syndrome. Mean 5-week postoperative UCVA was 0.223 (Snellen 20/33), PHVA was 0.153 (Snellen 20/28) with a mean spherical equivalent of -0.21 diopters.

Conclusions: ISBCS performed following International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons recommended guidelines is a safe procedure. This cohort of 4006 eyes had very few complications, with none attributable to the surgery being done bilaterally. The UCVA, PHVA, and refractive outcomes were good.

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