Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS): Global History and Methodology is a comprehensive guide on the safe and efficient performance of ISBCS. It provides an overview of recommended protocols, necessary precautions, exclusion criteria, benefits and risks associated with this procedure, organizational standards, and more. Written by prominent ISBCS surgeons in the world, chapters recount arguments for and against bilateral surgery that have been made throughout the ages, and up to the present, delivering proposed resolutions to all problems discussed.

Topics such as ethics and medico-legal issues surrounding ISBCS are also discussed, and a chapter on the global evolution of bilateral cataract surgery provides readers with a complete overview of the development of ISBCS practices in countries from all continents.