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Relationship of echographic findings with visual outcomes in post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis

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Preoperative ultrasonography in postoperative endophthalmitis was correlated with outcome following vitrectomy. Final visual acuity <20/400 in 14% of eyes with mild/moderate vitreous opacities vs. 67% with dense vitreous opacities. More virulent isolates were found in 67% of eyes with dense opacities vs. 9% with mild/moderate opacities. Dense vitreous debris on ultrasonography was associated with infection by virulent organisms and poorer outcome.

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  1. Raiendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science, Ansari Nagar, 110029, New Delhi, India

    Rajashekhar Patil MD, Dinesh Talwar MD, Hem K. Tewari MD, Yog Raj Sharma MS, Sanjeev Nainiwal MD, DNB, Lalit K. Verma MD & Geeta Satpathy MD

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Patil, R., Talwar, D., Tewari, H.K. et al. Relationship of echographic findings with visual outcomes in post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis. Ann Ophthalmol 36, 12–16 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1385/AO:36:1:12

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