Implementing immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) was first introduced into NICE guidelines in 2017. In this approach, patients undergo cataract surgery on both eyes on the same day. Although increasingly popular, only 0.5% of all cataract operations nationally are performed using this approach. We redesigned our service to routinely offer ISBCS and are now one of the leading NHS providers of ISBCS in the UK. We audited our cataract operations in 2022 and report our initial experiences with ISBCS here.

Subjects/methods

We redesigned our cataract service to routinely offer ISBCS on the NHS. We audited all cataract operations performed in calendar year 2022.

Results

We performed 4652 NHS cataract operations including 498 (10.7%) operations on

SUBMITTER: King C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461886 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature