Vitrectomy in Endophthalmitis
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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 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp., especially S. epidermidis.5,6
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