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Table 3 List of procedures that participants would be willing to perform ISBCS. A significant portion (31.4%) of participants would not perform ISBCS for any of the procedures listed

From: A survey exploring ophthalmologists’ attitudes and beliefs in performing Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery in the United Kingdom

Option

Count

Percentage (%)

Refractive lens exchange

1

0.7%

Phakic IOL implantation

1

0.7%

Senile cataract surgery under general anaesthesia (GA)

22

16.1%

Senile cataract surgery under high-risk general anaesthesia (GA)

62

45.3%

Congenital cataract surgery

8

5.8%

I would not do same day sequential bilateral surgery for any of these procedures

43

31.4%

Total

137

100.0%