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This article is part of Ophthalmology Advisor’s conference coverage from the 2021 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held in New Orleans from November 12 to 15, 2021. The team at Ophthalmology Advisor will be reporting on a variety of the research presented by the ophthalmology experts at the AAO. Check back for more from the AAO 2021 Meeting. |
Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery can be safely conducted following the same guidelines as sequential bilateral cataract surgery, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2021 meeting, held in New Orleans November 12-15.
Researchers at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada reviewed the cases of 4006 eyes of 2003 consecutive patients (mean age 74±8 years, 60.8% women) who underwent immediately sequential bilateral cataract removal under local anesthesia between January 2019 and December 2019. Participants had a mean preoperative visual acuity of 0.503 logMAR (Snellen 20/63).
Patients were implanted with 1 of 4 kinds of intraocular lenses (IOLs); 3738 eyes (93.3%) received monofocal IOLs, 226 eyes (5.6%) received toric IOLs, 25 eyes (0.6%) received multifocal IOLs, and 17 eyes (0.4%) received multifocal toric IOLs. None of the participants developed endophthalmitis, or toxic anterior segment syndrome, according to the report.
In total, 2 postoperative complications were noted, posterior capsule ruptures, which occurred in 14 eyes (0.3%) , and 7 eyes (0.2%) developed zonulysis.
The patients’ mean postoperative uncorrected visual acuity after 7 weeks was 0.223 logMAR (Snellen 20/33), while pinhole visual acuity was 0.153 (Snellen 20/28) with a mean spherical equivalence of -0.21 D.
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Reference
Qi R, Arshinoff S, Mericer M, et al. Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery: an academic teaching center’s experience. Paper presented at: The American Academy of Ophthalmology 2021 Annual Meeting; November 12-15, 2021; New Orleans. Abstract PA019.
