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Prospective Study Demonstrating the Efficacy of Combined Preoperative Three-Day Application of Antibiotics and Povidone–Iodine Irrigation

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In 50 patients undergoing anterior segment intraocular surgery we determined that a three-day course of topical ofloxacin followed by preoperative povidone–iodine irrigation caused a marked decrease in the number of conjunctival bacterial flora and resulted in no contamination of the anterior chamber aqueous fluid at the beginning and conclusion of surgery.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, 900 Blake Wilbur Drive, W3036, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA

    Christopher N. Ta MD, Richard C. Lin MD, PhD, Gauravjit Singh BA & Herminia Miño de Kaspar PhD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Herminia Miño de Kaspar PhD

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Drs. Ta, Lin, Singh and Miño de Kaspar are from the Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA. Dr. Miño de Kaspar is also from the Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

Presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2003.

The authors have stated that they do not have a significant proprietary interest in any of the products discussed in this article. Supported by the Edward E. Hills Foundation, San Francisco, California; Allergan, Inc., Irvine, California, USA and the Hannelore-Georg Zimmermann Foundation, Munich, Germany. The authors do discuss the use of off-label products, which includes unlabeled, unapproved, or investigative products or devices.

The authors demonstrated the efficacy of preoperative topical ofloxacin followed by preoperative povidone–iodine irrigation on conjunctival and anterior chamber fluid contamination rate.

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Ta, C.N., Lin, R.C., Singh, G. et al. Prospective Study Demonstrating the Efficacy of Combined Preoperative Three-Day Application of Antibiotics and Povidone–Iodine Irrigation. Ann Ophthalmol 39, 313–317 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12009-007-9007-y

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