Exclusion criteria for immediately sequential cataract surgery (ISCS)
| Exclusion criteria | ||
| Increased risk of infection | • active adnexal and ocular surface infection (including untreated blepharitis, mucocele) | |
| • diabetes mellitus | ||
| • immunosuppression and immunodeficiency (including systemic steroids) | ||
| • leukaemia/lymphoma | ||
| • iodine allergy | ||
| Increased risk of corneal decompensation | • endothelial dystrophy | |
| • guttata | ||
| Increased risk of inaccurate biometry | • high myopia or AL >26 mm | |
| • high hyperopia or AL <21 mm | ||
| • AL difference between the eyes >1 mm | ||
| (unless supported by corresponding anisometropia) | ||
| • previous refractive surgery | ||
| Lenticular abnormalities | • history of ocular trauma | |
| • lens subluxation | ||
| • phacodonesis | ||
| • pseudoexfoliation | ||
| Increased risk of high IOP | • glaucoma | |
| • trabeculectomy | ||
| • previous iritis | ||
| Uniocular cataract | ||