Bilateral versus unilateral cataract extraction: advantages and complications.

Incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis after immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery

“…Four cases of bilateral simultaneous endophthalmitis have been documented in the literature since 1952. [31][32][33][34][35] Arshinoff and Odorcic 4 reviewed and summarized these reports, noting that in all cases, a breach of sterile technique occurred. There have been no reported cases of bilateral simultaneous endophthalmitis after ISBCS when complete sterile separation of the 2 procedures was followed according to the "Suggestions for Safe ISBCS" on the iSBCS web site.…”

Same-day sequential cataract surgery

“…(2) 2005 Turkey(Ozdek et al)[39]. A 70-year-old healthy male underwent SBCS using phacoemulsification.…”

Simultaneous bilateral intraocular surgery in children

“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] SBIS has been performed in tens of thousands of adult patients, 2,17 with rare reports of bilateral complications. 4,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] There are few reports of SBIS in children in the literature, with a total of 163 cases of bilateral cataract surgeries in children up to 19 years of age and a similar number of cases of bilateral congenital glaucoma surgery (either goniotomy or primary combined trabeculotomy/trabeculectomy). [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]26 Only one paper 12 reports pediatric bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery performed in North America-a study of 16 patients, most of whom had systemic abnormalities that may have increased their anesthetic risk.…”