Bilateral phacoemulsification in the day: a wise decision?

Purpose Bilateral cataract surgery is not part of the regular practice of all centers.It´s indicated only for those cases in which the patient's general condition is very poor Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 106 patients in which visual acuity was assessed before and after surgery, complications, pre, intra and postoperative, the reason for simultaneous intervention, as well as the rate of total bilateral phacoemulsification interventions between 2007-2011 Results The best corrected visual acuity was 0.4 preoperatively half while mean postoperative visual acuity was 0.8. The rate of simultaneous bilateral phacoemulsification in that period was 0.83%. Conclusion Our results show that simultaneous bilateral surgery is a safe and economical way to quickly rehabilitate certain patients with bilateral cataract.