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For bilateral cataract surgery, what first-eye events trigger aborting the second-eye surgery that day?

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Ophthalmology · Va Boston Health Care System Jamaica Plain Campus
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For my immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgeries (ISBCS), any event that could increase the risk of second-eye intraoperative or postoperative complications will trigger the aborting of the second-eye surgery. Additionally, any situation that would require a breach of ISBCS protocol leads to...

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Ophthalmology · McGovern Medical School
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This is a very challenging question that has a few reasonable answers. To speak to my experience, I perform multiple bilateral sequential same-day cataract surgeries a year, usually one every few months. My patients that I deem eligible for this are almost exclusively adults with developmental delay...

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