Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS): Global History and Methodology is a comprehensive guide for the safe and efficient performance of ISBCS. It provides an overview of the history, recommended protocols, necessary precautions, exclusion criteria, benefits and risks associated with this procedure, organizational standards, and more. Written by the most prominent ISBCS surgeons in the world, chapters recount the arguments for and against bilateral surgery that have been made throughout the ages, up to the present, and deliver achieved and proposed resolutions to all problems discussed. Topics such as ethics and medico-legal issues surrounding ISBCS are also discussed, and a chapter on the global evolution of bilateral cataract surgery provides readers with a complete overview of the development of ISBCS practices in countries from all continents.
- Provides a comprehensive history and current status of ISBCS globally
- Provides step-by-step recommendations and precautions necessary to perform ISBCS safely, including detailed discussion of surgical infection prophylaxis with antibiotics delivered into the eye at surgery
- Reviews and explains the patient benefits associated with ISBCS
- Covers development of ISBCS practices worldwide
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-323-95310-8 (9780323953108)
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1. The History of Cataract Surgery from ancient times to ISBCS2. Why did we not always do ISBCS? (What had to be overcome?)3. The logic behind bilateral cataract surgery4. The argument for and against ISBCS5. ISBCS in children6. The carbon footprints of ISBCS and DSBCS7. The risk of bilateral endophthalmitis and IC antibiotics8. Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices for ISBCS9. Biometry for ISBCS10. IOL Power Selection in 2022 - Best Practices for ISBCS and DSBCS11. ISBCS and presbyopia correcting IOLs12. Inclusions and Exclusions for ISBCS13. Ethics surrounding ISBCS14. Medico-legal Aspects of ISBCS15. ISBCS and money16. The Evolution of Bilateral Cataract Surgery - Global perspective17. "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come." Why was ISBCS resisted and how was this overcome?18. The International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons19. Anesthesia for ISBCS20. ISBCS - the patient's perspective21. Is ISBCS appropriate for MSICS?22. FLACS and ISBCS23. The COVID-19 pandemic and the uptake of ISBCS24. ISBCS: What we have learned, and how has it advanced ophthalmology?25. The future and limitations of ISBCS
