Immediate Sequential Bilateral Surgery in Refractive Lens Exchange Patients: Clinical Outcomes and Adverse Events

Evidence database / Studies / hannan-2023-uk-bilateral-rle

—enrolled patients*

34,660enrolled eyes*

2structured arms

30maximum standardized days follow-up

* Descriptive sum of reported arm counts. “≥” indicates that one or more arm counts were not reported; missing values are not treated as zero.

Study arm

Monofocal IOL RLE

RLE

Population

Patients: Not reported
Eyes: 5833
Bilateral treatment: Yes
Age range: Not reported
Sphere range: Not reported
Cylinder range: Not reported
Spherical equivalent: Not reported
Corneal thickness: Not reported

Eligibility definition

Inclusion
Same-day bilateral RLE with monofocal IOL, without visually significant cataract or with mild cataract and corrected acuity at least 20/40.

Exclusion
Not structured

Reported outcomes by follow-up

Outcome	Follow-up	Follow-up sample	Result	Reported fraction	Provenance
MRSE within ±0.50 D predictability	1 month	5833 eyes	85.5%	denominator: 5833 eyes	VERIFIED Source · Abstract — Results

Complications

No structured complication observations are available for this arm. This means “not reported in this dataset,” not zero complications.

Study arm

Multifocal IOL RLE

RLE

Population

Patients: Not reported
Eyes: 28827
Bilateral treatment: Yes
Age range: Not reported
Sphere range: Not reported
Cylinder range: Not reported
Spherical equivalent: Not reported
Corneal thickness: Not reported

Eligibility definition

Inclusion
Same-day bilateral RLE with multifocal IOL, without visually significant cataract or with mild cataract and corrected acuity at least 20/40.

Exclusion
Not structured

Reported outcomes by follow-up

Outcome	Follow-up	Follow-up sample	Result	Reported fraction	Provenance
MRSE within ±0.50 D predictability	1 month	28827 eyes	86.2%	denominator: 28827 eyes	VERIFIED Source · Abstract — Results

Complications

No structured complication observations are available for this arm. This means “not reported in this dataset,” not zero complications.

Study design

Continuous retrospective case series of bilateral same-day RLE

Country: United Kingdom
Publication-reported places: Optical Express
Multicenter: Yes
Prospective: No
Randomized: No
Source type: RETROSPECTIVE
Regulator: Not reported

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Limitations and notes

The abstract identifies a private United Kingdom provider; author affiliations identify Optical Express. No treatment town was inferred.

Missing fields are not interpreted as negative findings. Arm counts may not be additive in all study designs.

Study evidence level
A simple, non-GRADE hierarchy based on design: randomized and large regulatory trials are high; prospective cohorts moderate; retrospective observational studies low. Manual review can override this label.