PURPOSE: To evaluate the refractive outcomes, complication rates, and changes in @entity1 ' functional state and satisfaction with simultaneous compared with sequential bilateral @entity231 surgery. SETTING: Helsinki University Eye Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. DESIGN: Clinical trial. METHODS: Consecutive @entity1 scheduled for bilateral @entity231 surgery were enrolled based on appropriate inclusion criteria and randomized to be operated on in 1 session (study group) or sequentially (control group) 4 to 6 weeks apart. RESULTS: Four hundred ninety-one (94.4%) of the 520 @entity1 completed the study. Of the eyes, 493 (247 @entity1 ) had bilateral surgery in 1 session and 506 (257 @entity1 ) in separate sessions. In the study group, 240 @entity1 (96.0%) were treated per protocol. In the control group, 250 @entity1 (97.3%) were treated per protocol. The refraction was within    0.50 diopter (D) of the target in 67.2% of eyes in the study group and 69.2% of eyes in the control group and within    1.00 D in 91.0% and 90.3%, respectively (P = .92). The only complication that affected postoperative visual acuity was chronic @entity1103 , which occurred in 1 eye in the study group (0.2%) and in 2 eyes (0.4%) of 1 @entity1 in the control group (P = .57). Ninety-five percent of @entity1 in both groups reported being very satisfied with surgery. CONCLUSION: The refractive outcomes, rates of complications, and @entity1 -rated satisfaction were similar whether bilateral @entity231 surgery was performed simultaneously or sequentially. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

Simultaneous bilateral versus sequential bilateral XXXX surgery: Helsinki Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery Study Report 1.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity1103 :: ('MESH:D008269', 'Disease') :: ['cystoid macular edema'] @entity231 :: ('MESH:D002386', 'Disease') :: ['cataract']
@entity231 :: (MESH:D002386,Disease) :: ['cataract']
