ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER 25-GAUGE AND 20-GAUGE PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY
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Four cases of endophthalmitis after 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy
We report our recent experience with four cases of endophthalmitis (one male, three females) after 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). One was a case of persistent cystoid macular edema caused by branch retinal vein occlusion, whereas the remaining three were cases of epiretinal membrane. Preoperative antibiotics before the first PPV procedure were not administered in three of the four cases....
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عنوان ژورنال: Retina
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0275-004X
DOI: 10.1097/iae.0b013e31815e9313