Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) means that you are doing cataract surgery for both eyes of your patient on the same day. Each eye is treated as a separate “patient” and different instruments, scrubbing, gloves/gown, and draping will be done for each eye. This is to minimize the risk of cross contamination. In our center, we even go so far as to use different lot numbers of the supplies for each eye just in case the manufacturer has an issue with a particular lot. This video is inspired from the 2024 AECOS Europe meeting in Prague, Czech Republic where I was able to present a pro vs con debate with Omid Kermani MD from Germany. Please watch the video and then vote / comment below and let me know if you are for or against ISBCS.
