http://isbcs.org The Simultaneous Bilateral Cateract Surgery Article Repository Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:09:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A committee of iSBCS has been working on "Suggestions for safe ISBCS" for over 1 year. The final version was reviewed and voted on for acceptance by the membership at our 2nd annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain on Sept. 14, 2009, and it has now (Nov. 5, 2009) been written up ... http://isbcs.org/2009/11/isbcs-suggestions-for-safe-isbcs/ I have been writing and reading alot about bilateral cataract surgery. The terminology and abbreviations are confusing. I would like to suggest that we universally adopt an amalgam of separate proposals: ISBCS = Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery DSBCS = Delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgeries I believe that the terminology of "iImmediately sequential" ... http://isbcs.org/2009/06/terminology-for-bilateral-cataract-surgeries/ Suzanne Albrecht of Blekinge Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden presented a very interesting study of SBCS in Sweden.09-04-suzanne-albrecht-seq-or-del-cat-surg-eurotimes-2009-14-04-28 http://isbcs.org/2009/05/immediately-sequential-cataract-surgery-at-45-in-sweden/ eurotimes-2009-03-is-it-worth-e739-to-avoid-1-sbe http://isbcs.org/2009/04/is-it-worth-e739m-to-avoid-one-case-of-bilateral-endophthalmitis-eurotimes-march-2009/ A presentation on SBCS and iSBCS will be given at the CarlZeiss Meditech booth on Monday April 6, 2009, 11:00 - 11:30 AM, by Steve Arshinoff MD FRCSC, President iSBCS. All are welcome. http://isbcs.org/2009/03/sbcs-at-ascrs-san-francisco-monday-april-6-2009-11am/ vigamox-intracameral-saa-09-02-20 http://isbcs.org/2009/02/preparation-use-of-intracameral-vigamox-moxifloxacin-09-02/ This article is a summary of current (January 2009) SBCS experience and practices. curr-opin-ophth-2009-20-3-12-saa-s-odorcic-same-day-sequential-cataract-surgery http://isbcs.org/2009/02/arshinoff-sa-odorcic-s-same-day-sequential-cataract-surgery-current-opinion-in-ophthalmology-2009-203-12/ September 12-15, 2009: ESCRS Barcelona. First ESCRS SBCS course to be presented by members of iSBCS. It will be presented on Monday 14th September 2009 from 08.00 - 10.00 AM. http://isbcs.org/2009/02/2009-09-12-15-sbcs-at-escrs-barcelona/ 1. Presentation: "SBCS & iSBCS" by Steve Arshinoff MD.  Zeiss booth. Monday April 6, 2009 11 AM - noon. 2. Presentation: "SBCS" by Charles Claoue MD, at Rayner Symposium - Sunday April 5, 6:30 AM. http://isbcs.org/2009/02/2009-04-4-7-sbcs-at-ascrs-april-2009-san-francisco/ 08-12-10-osn-sbcs-articles http://isbcs.org/2008/12/osn-us-ed-sbcs-cover-story-dec-10-2008-editorial/