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| Study ID | Reason for exclusion |
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| Akçay et al. 2013 [49] | Retrospective study evaluating the outcome after ISBCS. Not comparing to a group of patients undergoing cataract surgery on different dates. |
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| Arshinoff et al. 2003 [50] | Retrospective study reporting the outcome after ISBCS. Not comparing to patients undergoing different-day bilateral surgery. |
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| Arshinoff and Chen 2006 [10] | Observational study assessing the resource utilization and economic incentives of ISBCS and different date bilateral cataract surgeries. |
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| Arshinoff and Odorcic 2009 [27] | Review summarizing published complications after ISBCS. Providing safety recommendations when operating on both eyes on the same date. |
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| Arshinoff and Bastianelli 2011 [35] | Literature review of reported cases of postoperative endophthalmitis. Not prospective or randomized. |
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| Arshinoff 2012 [4] | Commentary on ISBCS, the pros and cons. Not reporting the outcome after surgery in specific patients but rather in broad, general terms and referring to previously published papers on the matter. |
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| Behndig 2009 [6] | Editorial describing the pros and cons of ISBCS. |
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| Chung et al. 2009 [51] | Prospective, nonrandomized study comparing the outcome after ISBCS to bilateral surgery separated by 2 days. The authors found no difference in visual acuity or refractive target (96.8% and 97% were within 1 diopter of target in immediate and delayed bilateral surgery, resp.). |
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| Covert et al. 2010 [52] | Retrospective chart review of refractive precision in patients undergoing bilateral cataract surgery. Not comparing immediate versus delayed bilateral cataract surgery. |
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| Friström and Lundh 2005 [53] | Randomized trial comparing implantation of different IOLs on color contrast sensitivity. All patients having ISBCS. Not comparing to a group not operated on both eyes on the same date. |
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| Henderson and Schneider 2012 [7] | Commentary discussing the pros and cons of ISBCS. Not reporting the outcomes of specific patients undergoing immediate or delayed bilateral surgery. |
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| Huang et al. 2007 [54] | Retrospective observational study describing the outcome after ISBCS in patients undergoing surgery in general anesthesia. Not comparing to patients being operated on, on separate dates. |
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| Jivrajka et al. 2012 [41] | Prospective study comparing refractive outcome after bilateral cataract surgery when the refractive result of the first eye was taken into consideration. Not reporting results after ISBCS. |
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| Johansson and Lundh 2003 [55] | Retrospective study reporting the outcome after ISBCS surgery but not comparing to different date bilateral surgery. |
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| Johansson 2004 [42] | Retrospective study reporting the refractive outcome after ISBCS but not comparing to different date bilateral surgery. |
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| Leivo et al. 2011 [12] | Randomized trial. Comparing economic costs not the rate of complications, postoperative anisometropia, postoperative visual function, or patient satisfaction. |
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| Li et al. 2014 [9] | Editorial computing and commenting on the risk of bilateral functional blindness after ISBCS. |
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| Lundström et al. 2009 [11] | Observational study reporting the resource utilization in ISBCS versus different date bilateral cataract surgery. |
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| Nassiri et al. 2009 [56] | Prospective, nonrandomized, observational study comparing the outcome after ISBCS or different date bilateral cataract surgery. |
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| Özdek et al. 2005 [33] | Case report describing bilateral endophthalmitis after ISBCS. |
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| Puvanachandra and Humphry 2008 [32] | Case report describing bilateral endophthalmitis after ISBCS. |
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| Ramsay et al. 1999 [57] | Retrospective study reporting the outcome after ISBCS. Not comparing to patients being operated on, on separate dates. Only a small number of patients having phacoemulsification, the majority having ECCE. |
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| Rosen 2012 [58] | Editorial commenting on ISBCS. |
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| Sarikkola et al. 2004 [43] | Retrospective study reporting the outcome after ISBCS. Not comparing to a group operated on, on two separate dates. |
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| Sharma and Worstmann 2001 [59] | Observational study reporting the outcome after ISBCS but not comparing to patients being operated on, on separate dates. Only 1 patient receiving phacoemulsification, the rest having ECCE. |
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| Totan et al. 2000 [60] | Retrospective study reporting the outcome after ISBCS in pediatric and adult patients. Not comparing to an adult group operated on, on two separate dates. |
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| Wertheim and Burton 2002 [61] | Observational study reporting the outcome after ISBCS. Not comparing to different-day bilateral surgery. |
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