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Vitrectomy in Endophthalmitis
Vitreous loss: with inadequate Vitrectomy and incarceration of vitreous in the wound. Wound leak: large tunnels, inadequately sutured tunnels or wounds made with blunt, repeatedly used knives and with faulty wound apposition. Prolonged time of surgery Repeated insertions and removal of instruments ? Prolene Haptics of I.O.L. Diabetes Infected instruments: especially canulated ones and improperl...
متن کاملVitrectomy in Endophthalmitis
Approximately 70 percent of cases occur as a direct complication of intraocular surgery. Such post-operative endophthalmitis may be acute (presenting within 6 weeks of surgery) or chronic. Incidence of acute endophthalmitis following cataract extraction have been reported between 0.072% and 0.13% in various studies.1-4 The most common infecting organisms following cataract extraction are the co...
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PURPOSE To report a case of Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis following 27-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for symptomatic vitreous floaters. METHODS The clinical course and imaging findings, including fundus optomap, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography of a 24-year-old male patient were documented. RESULTS The patient, with a preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCV...
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A case of Staphylococcus caprae endophthalmitis in a young patient following pars plana vitrectomy for symptomatic vitreous floaters is reported here. Recent literature suggests that there is an increasing trend of performing pars plana vitrectomy for symptomatic floaters. Although rare, the potential risk of endophthalmitis should be explicitly discussed with patients considering surgical inte...
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We present a case of Aspergillus fumigatus endophthalmitis complicated by necrotizing scleritis in a 68-year-old man with diet-controlled diabetes, after retinal detachment repair. He was initially treated with systemic steroids for surgically induced necrotizing scleritis following routine pars plana vitrectomy. An additional diagnosis of endophthalmitis was made when the patient developed a h...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.329