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Cataract & Refractive Lens Surgery: the evidence, summarized every weekday

Peer-reviewed papers in cataract & refractive lens surgery, summarized and ranked by evidence level. Top studies from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. Updated every weekday at 06:00 CET. Built by physicians, for physicians.

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What rounds. covers in cataract & refractive lens surgery

  • Phacoemulsification
  • IOL calculation
  • Premium IOL (toric/EDOF/multifocal)
  • Complications (PCR, dropped nucleus)
  • Pediatric cataract
  • FLACS

Landmark papers · cataract & refractive lens surgery

Hand-picked by the editorial team. These are the studies that shaped current practice in cataract & refractive lens surgery.

  1. Prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis following cataract surgery: Results of the ESCRS multicenter study and identification of risk factors

    Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery · Barry P. et al. · Monday, January 1, 2007

  2. European multicenter trial of the prevention of cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery in nondiabetics: ESCRS PREMED study report 1.

    Journal of cataract and refractive surgery · Wielders L. H. et al. · Monday, January 1, 2018

  3. L2 · prospective cohort

    Association Between Cataract Extraction and Development of Dementia

    JAMA Internal Medicine · Lee Cecilia S. et al. · Friday, January 1, 2021

How papers reach the cataract & refractive lens surgery brief

  1. Source. Every paper is fetched directly from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. No paywalled aggregators. No editorial press releases.
  2. Grading. Each paper is assigned an evidence level from L1 (RCT or meta-analysis) to L5 (editorial). Bias risk is flagged separately. Both labels are visible on every card.
  3. Summarization. A 5-gate validator stack checks every summary for source faithfulness, numeric accuracy, drug-safety language, unsupported claims, and clinical-decision overreach. Anything that fails a gate is blocked, not silently weakened.
  4. Delivery. Ten papers. Twelve minutes. Every weekday at 06:00 CET. Subscribers can rate any paper as off-topic and it drops out of their feed.

The full pipeline, validators, and the founder's editorial overrides are documented on the methodology page.

Frequently asked

How do I keep up with new cataract & refractive lens surgery research?
rounds. reads the new cataract & refractive lens surgery literature from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov every weekday, grades each paper on the CEBM evidence hierarchy, and delivers the few that change practice as a twelve-minute morning brief. Every summary is checked claim by claim against the source paper.
What are the landmark cataract & refractive lens surgery trials?
The studies that shaped current cataract & refractive lens surgery practice are listed above under “Landmark papers”, each linked to a structured summary with its evidence level, effect size, and bias signals.
Is rounds. free?
The morning scan is free. Pro (€49 / year) unlocks the full ten-paper daily brief, the full read on every paper, and the 06:00 CET email, Monday to Friday.

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