ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER 25-GAUGE AND 20-GAUGE PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY

2008249 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ingrid U. Scott · Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Harry W. Flynn · University of Miami

Sundeep Dev · ViteroRetinal Surgery

Saad Shaikh · University of South Florida

Robert A. Mittra · ViteroRetinal Surgery

J. Fernando Arévalo

Andrés Kychenthal · Fundación Chile

Abstract

The rate of endophthalmitis after 25-gauge PPV was significantly higher than that after 20-gauge PPV. Endophthalmitis after 25-gauge PPV occurred within 15 days of PPV, was usually due to coagulase-negative staphylococci sensitive to vancomycin, and was associated with variable visual outcomes.

Topics & Keywords

Ocular Infections and Treatments Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Retina

Volume 28, Issue 1, pp. 138-142

DOI: 10.1097/iae.0b013e31815e9313

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