To date a number of techniques have been used for cataract surgery. However phacoemulsification is the most common method. Other methods such as intraand extracapsular cataract extraction, mini-nuc, phacosection, sandwich and phaconit have also been used by many surgeons. Over the years, the techniques of cataract surgery have evolved into a safe and successful procedure for visual rehabilitati...

OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence and visual outcome of acute post operative endophthalmitis treated by intravitreal antibiotics. METHODS This Prospective study was conducted at Department of Ophthalmology, Liaquat University Eye Hospital Hyderabad from November 2002 to October 2010. One hundred and nine patients of acute post operative endophthalmitis were treated with intravitreal antibiot...

conclusions due to the good tolerance of patients towards topical anesthesia, pouring a drop of povidone-iodine 10% seems to be a simple and acceptable method to reduce the growth of microorganisms of the conjunctiva. background postoperative endophthalmitis is one the most serious complications of cataract surgery. the majority of causative organisms in this destructive infection come from the...

PURPOSE To report a case of bilateral endogenous Phialemonium curvatum endophthalmitis, secondary to intrapenile injections for erectile dysfunction. DESIGN Observational case report. METHODS A 71-year-old man with P. curvatum endocarditis and bilateral decreased vision was diagnosed as having bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis. P. curvatum was identified in cultures that were performed o...

Endophthalmitis is a rare, but serious, postoperative complication of cataract surgery. It can have a devastating consequence on a patient’s vision: some patients may lose all light perception. The incidence of endophthalmitis has been reported to be between 0.13% and 0.7%.1 The primary source of this intraocular infection is considered to be bacteria from the patient’s ocular surface (cornea, ...

Post-operative surgical infection represents an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of cataract surgery. In the past several decades, cataract surgery has made major advances with the introduction of small-incision phacoemulsification, viscoelastic substances, and improved lens designs, as well as refinement of surgical techniques. As a result, postoperative care has become simple...

Sealing Effect of External Diathermy on Leaking Sclerotomies After Small-Gauge Vitrectomy: A Clinicopathological Report Small-gaugevitrectomyhassurged inpopularity in recentyears and has become a widespread alternative to traditional techniques. Eighty-five percent of retinal surgeons now routinely use 25or 23-gauge systems for uncomplicated macular surgery compared with 22% in 2005.1 These sma...

A 90-year-old man developed a hypopyon following cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. The hypopyon cleared with topical corticosteroid therapy but recurred whenever the corticosteroid therapy was reduced. At surgery for the removal of the intraocular lens an opaque anterior vitreous membrane was excised. Cultures of the anterior vitreous grew Staphylococcus epidermidis. The d...

This article describes a postoperative endophthalmitis (POE) surveillance system in place in a specialized ophthalmologic center in São Paulo, Brazil. The study involved a review of medical records from 2004-2009, during which a total of 31,999 intraocular surgeries were performed. Nineteen of these cases fulfilled the criteria for POE, for an infection rate of 0.06%. The main etiologic agent c...

Other measures will also help to reduce the risk of postoperative endophthalmitis: proper hand washing (see ‘how to’ article on page 17), the use of sterile instruments, the ‘non-touch’ technique, the subconjunctival injection of antibiotics,4,5 and the intracameral injection of cefuroxime6 at the end of surgery (see article on page 11). The dose of intracameral cefuroxime must be meticulously ...