Mnday, Sept. 6, 2010, 5-6PM. iSBCS Course IC78 “Standards for ISBCS” Rm. 252A
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 and formatted. 2010-07-20-final-isbcs-sbcs-suggestions-from-escrs-barcelona
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” and “delayed sequential” was first [...]
At ESCRS 2008 in Belrin, Tiina Leivo, of Finland presented a fascinating study demonstrating that the non-medical costs to society to prevent a single case of simultaneous bilateral endophthalmitis after SBCS is about 1 Billion USD. Furthermore, mathematically, the same theoretical patient would still suffer bilateral endophthalmitis, the only difference being that it would not be simultaneous. Dr. Leivo estimated the risk at about 1 patient per million.
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vigamox-intracameral-saa-09-02-20 Posted on February 21, 2009
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This article is a summary of current (January 2009) SBCS experience and practices. Posted on February 19, 2009
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08-12-10-osn-sbcs-articles Posted on December 27, 2008
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Ophthalmology-Times-article-Nov 1-2008 Posted on November 1, 2008
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“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 (SBCS) and to disseminate peer-reviewed literature on the subject so that ophthalmologists world-wide can be aware of the existence of a reputable body of opinion on SBCS. Posted on October 15, 2008
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iSBCS founded Sept. 1, 2008. Posted on September 1, 2008
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