TY - JOUR
T1 - Management Strategies to Reduce Risk of Postoperative Infections
AU - Galor, Anat
AU - Goldhardt, Raquel
AU - Wellik, Sarah R.
AU - Gregori, Ninel Z.
AU - Flynn, Harry W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by a VA career development award (Dr. Galor), NIH Center Core Grant P30EY014801, Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant, Department of Defense (DOD-Grant#W81XWH-09-1-0675) and NIEHS (ES014004-01A2)
Funding Information:
Anat Galor has been a consultant to B&L. Raquel Goldhardt declares that she has no conflict of interest. Sarah R. Wellik declares that she has no conflict of interest. Ninel Z. Gregori declares no conflict of interest. Harry W. Flynn has been a consultant to Santen Inc. and Vindico. This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors. Supported by a VA career development award (Dr. Galor), NIH Center Core Grant P30EY014801, Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant, Department of Defense (DOD-Grant#W81XWH-09-1-0675) and NIEHS (ES014004-01A2)
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Postoperative infections, although rare, are still of great concern to the ophthalmologist. The incidence of post-cataract endophthalmitis is low, with a range of 0.28 per 1,000 to 2.99 per 1,000. In addition to intraoperative considerations such as poor wound construction, vitreous loss, topical anesthesia, and prolonged surgical time, other risk factors include preoperative factors such as a diseased ocular surface and systemic immunosuppression. Potential methods of reducing risk of endophthalmitis after anterior segment surgery are discussed and available literature is summarized.
AB - Postoperative infections, although rare, are still of great concern to the ophthalmologist. The incidence of post-cataract endophthalmitis is low, with a range of 0.28 per 1,000 to 2.99 per 1,000. In addition to intraoperative considerations such as poor wound construction, vitreous loss, topical anesthesia, and prolonged surgical time, other risk factors include preoperative factors such as a diseased ocular surface and systemic immunosuppression. Potential methods of reducing risk of endophthalmitis after anterior segment surgery are discussed and available literature is summarized.
KW - Cataract surgery
KW - Endophthalmitis
KW - Intracameral antibiotics
KW - Ocular surface disease
KW - Sterilization
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U2 - 10.1007/s40135-013-0021-5
DO - 10.1007/s40135-013-0021-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978679307
VL - 1
SP - 161
EP - 168
JO - Current Ophthalmology Reports
JF - Current Ophthalmology Reports
SN - 2167-4868
IS - 4
ER -