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Current Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Endophthalmitis

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Abstract

Purpose of review

We review the prevention and treatment of postoperative endophthalmitis.

Recent findings

Postoperative endophthalmitis is rare but has potentially blinding consequences. There is no consensus on prevention, but there are a few controlled studies with methods of decreasing the infection rate, such as use of povidone iodine and intracameral antibiotics. There remains only one randomized controlled study (Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study or EVS) on the treatment of postoperative endophthalmitis, but there are retrospective studies which examine the timing and various methods of vitrectomy and intravitreal antibiotics.

Summary

The application of povidone iodine remains a proven method of preventing endophthalmitis, but evidence suggests that intracameral antibiotics further minimize this risk. Further research is needed to define the efficacy of intravitreal antibiotics at the time of cataract surgery. There are many questions regarding treatment, including performance of vitrectomy for eyes with visual acuities better than light perception, smaller vitrectomy port sizes, and intravitreal antibiotics and/or oral steroids.

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Brundrett, A., Conrady, C.D., Shakoor, A. et al. Current Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Endophthalmitis. Curr Ophthalmol Rep 6, 105–114 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40135-018-0171-6

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