Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS): Global History and Methodology

Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS): Global History and Methodology is a comprehensive guide on the safe and efficient performance of ISBCS. It provides an overview of recommended protocols, necessary precautions, exclusion criteria, benefits and risks associated with this procedure, organizational standards, and more. Written by prominent ISBCS surgeons in the world, chapters recount arguments for and against bilateral surgery that have been made throughout the ages, and up to the present, delivering 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 step-by-step recommendations and precautions necessary to perform ISBCS safely, including detailed discussion on surgical infection prophylaxis with antibiotics delivered into the eye at surgery Reviews and explains patient benefits associated with ISBCS Covers the development of ISBCS practices worldwide INDICE: The History of Cataract Surgery from ancient times to ISBCS Why did we not always do ISBCS? The logic behind bilateral cataract surgery ISBCS in children The carbon footprints of ISBCS and DSBCS The risk of bilateral endophthalmitis and IC antibiotics Correcting the IOL Power for the Second Eye Are there more considerations for patients receiving refractive/MF IOLs? Exclusions from ISBCS Ethics surrounding ISBCS Medico-legal issues surrounding ISBCS Cost effectiveness of ISBCS The Global Evolution of Bilateral Cataract Surgery - Global perspective Nordic Countries - Sweden Nordic Countries - Finland Holland Germany Switzerland & Austria Spain UK Canada USA South America Israel The Middle East & North Africa India China & Southeast Asia South Africa Sub Saharan Africa and the third world Australia The International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons Resistance to uptake of ISBCS Slow change with progressive meetings ISBCS - the patient's perspective Is ISBCS appropriate for MSICS? FLACS and ISBCS COVID-19 and the uptake of ISBCS How can ISBCS advance ophthalmology? The future and limitations of ISBCS

• ISBN: 978-0-323-95309-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés