DOS Times Vol. 12, No. 9 March, 2007 Endophthalmitis is one of the most vision threatening complication in Ophthalmology. Endophthalmitis refers to inflammatory response caused by infected intraocular tissues/ fluids. The frequency of Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery and trauma varies from 0.07 0.13% and 2.417% respectively in the various reported series.1 Majority of these infections are...

Preventing PostoPerative infection Postoperative endophthalmitis is a rare but potentially devastating complication of cataract surgery. The incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis is small and most recent studies have found that in the United States, the rate is approximately 0.07%. With an ever-aging population, the number of patients requiring cataract surgery is growing each year. Theref...

Endophthalmitis is a devastating eye condition that can lead to permanent visual loss or even loss of the eye. It can occur from an immune mediated response to an antigen (sterile endophthalmitis) or most commonly from an infectious cause. Infectious endophthalmitis can be classified broadly into endogenous and exogenous. Endogenous endophthalmitis occurs from hematological spread in the settin...

Endophthalmitis is a rare but severe form of ocular inflammation due to infection of the intraocular cavity that can lead to irreversible visual loss if not treated properly and timely. It can be classified as exogenous or endogenous based on the transmission route of the infectious source. Exogenous endophthalmitis occurs when infecting organisms gain entry into the eye via direct inoculation,...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of silicone oil injection after deep vitrectomy in infectious endophthalmitis regarding visual acuity. methods: this single-blind randomized clinical trial was performed on 50 cases of infectious endophthalmitis undergoing deep vitrectomy. patients were randomly assigned to two groups: in one group silicone oil was injected into the eye at the end of the operat...

PURPOSE To investigate recent evidence in prophylaxis and management of post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis. METHODS We conducted a literature search using Pubmed database for post cataract surgery endophthalmitis, and relevant articles were selected from original English papers published since 2015. RESULTS Forty-nine articles were published regarding post-cataract surgery endophthalmiti...

Postoperative endophthalmitis is a rare but potentially devastating complication of intra-ocular surgery. Most cases are caused by bacterial infection. The clinical presentation of endophthalmitis can be classified as acute postoperative endophthalmitis, chronic postoperative endophthalmitis, and bleb-associated endophthalmitis. They each have a different aetiology, treatment, and prognosis. Th...

PURPOSE To evaluate the 5-year incidence rate of blebitis and bleb-associated endophthalmitis in the United States. METHODS In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we utilized a large commercial health insurance claim-based database during 2007-2011 and identified all patients who had a record of trabeculectomy in 2007. These patients were followed until the end of 2011. During the follo...

We recently co-authored a report on the ten-year (2007-2017) results achieved at our center (Retina Specialists of Alabama) in treatment Acute Post-Cataract Endophthalmitis (APCE). Of all eyes, 77.4% were initially treated with Complete and Early Vitrectomy for (CEVE). Visual acuity ≥ 20/40 was restored 79% eyes versus 53% reported Study. believe that CEVE is initial choice whenever fundus obsc...