ISBCS.org - International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons

What wording should be used for consent form for ISBCS? My wording for potential complications reads: “Pain / Bleeding / Infection (1 in 1,000) / Residual Refractive Error / Corneal &/or Vitreo-retinal problems / Worse Vision / Bilateral Blindness / Death” I have used this wording (without specifying the infection rate) for unilateral refractive lens [...]

Report from ESCRS 2010 09 Paris meeting.Eurotimes 2011 16 6 7 ISBCS Endophth rates 2010

We are planning a meeting of iSBCS at ESCRS in Vienna on Monday September 19, 2011. Plan to be there and attend. There will be a course on bilateral cataract surgery (Claoue IC 81) at 5-6 PM, followed by our annual meeting and a reception in an adjacent room, and then all members are invited to a [...]

“The Inaugural Meeting of the International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons (ISBCS) was held on Sept. 13, 2008, at the recent ESCRS meeting in Berlin. The ISBCS was formally founded on September 1, 2008, and the inaugural meeting was attended by surgeons from 3 continents. The iSBCS exists to foster interest in Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery [...]

iSBCS founded Sept. 1, 2008. Founding president: Steve A Arshinoff MD Founding vice president: Charles Claoue MD Founding secretary-treasurer: John Bolger MD Founding Mission Statement: iSBCS exists to promote education, mutual cooperation, and progress in simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery. Our goal is to explore and implement better methods to rapidly and effectively regain human vision lost [...]