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Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis in Cataract Surgery: Overview of Current Practice Patterns Around the World

2017; Bentham Science Publishers; Volume: 23; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2174/1381612822666161216122230

1873-4286

Anders Behnding, Ravilla D. Ravindran, Harry W. Flynn, Nidhi Relhan, Julio C. Hernández‐Camarena, Jorge E. Valdez-García, Aída Jiménez-Corona, Enrique O Graue-Hernández, Fernando Pellegrino, Pablo Daponte, Evangelina Espósito, Nicolás Crim, Julio A. Urrets‐Zavalía, Boris Malyugin, Paul Roux, Sjakon G. Tahija, Rifna Lutfiamida, Mark Packer, Soosan Jacob, Wu Liu, Jay J. Meyer, Jonathon Q. Ng, Steve A. Arshinoff, Stephan Ong Tone, Kazuki Matsuura, Stephen G. Schwartz, Andrzej Grzybowski,

Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome

Background: Acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery remains a rare but important cause of visual loss. There is no global consensus regarding the optimal strategies for prophylaxis of endophthalmitis and practices vary substantially around the world, especially with respect to the use of intracameral antibiotics. The European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons in a randomized clinical trial (2007) reported an approximately 5-fold reduction in endophthalmitis rates associated with the use of intracameral cefuroxime. Despite this report, the use of intracameral antibiotics has not been universally adopted. Keywords: Endophthalmitis, endophthalmitis prophylaxis, intracameral antibiotics, topical antibiotics, cataract surgery, cataract surgery complications.