Endophthalmitis After Clear Corneal Cataract Surgery: Outcomes Over Two Decades

Acute-onset endophthalmitis after clear corneal cataract surgery (1996-2005). Clinical features, causative organisms, and visual acuity outcomes.

PURPOSE To report the clinical features, causative organisms, and visual acuity outcomes associated with endophthalmitis after clear corneal cataract surgery and to compare outcomes with those of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS). DESIGN Retrospective consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS The study included 73 eyes of 73 patients, mean age 76 years (range, 48-94 years), with endoph...

Infectious endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

Xanthomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

Xanthomonas maltophilia, previously known as Pseudomonas maltophilia and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, is a gram-negative motile bacillus that can be isolated from human, animal, and environmental sources. It may cause potentially lifethreatening opportunistic systemic infections. Most isolates demonstrate multidrug resistance, making it a highly virulent organism. Postoperative endophthalmitis...

Risk of endophthalmitis after cataract extraction: results from the International Cataract Surgery Outcomes study.

AIM To estimate risk of infectious endophthalmitis after cataract extraction in Denmark and to compare results with the risk of this complication in the USA. METHODS In the national Danish administrative hospital register, 19,426 patients were identified who underwent first eye cataract surgery from 1985 to 1987 and who were 50 years of age or older. Of these, 61 patients had postoperative en...

Femtosecond laser versus manual clear corneal incision in cataract surgery.

PURPOSE To compare functional and morphological outcomes of femtosecond laser clear corneal incision (CCI) versus manual CCI during cataract surgery. METHODS Sixty eyes of 60 patients who underwent CCI during cataract surgery were randomized into two groups: femtosecond laser CCI (30 eyes) and manual CCI (30 eyes). RESULTS There were no significant between-group differences in uncorrected d...