While our study had a relatively low N value, the results compare favorably to the reported incidence rate of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery of 0.05% to 0.37% (Aaberg, et al.; Javitt, et ...

Postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery is more than 17% more likely in patients with diabetes, while posterior capsule rupture during surgery is more than three times as likely, ...

Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed eye surgery in the ophthalmology, with a track record of improving vision and ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract. Background To evaluate results after seven years using prophylactic intracameral cefazolin for the prevention of endophthalmitis in cataract surgery. Methods A ...

Prevalence and susceptibility for isolates. The medical records of 59 patients (34 men and 25 women; median age 63.1 years) with acute bacterial endophthalmitis after cataract surgery from January ...

Source Reference: van Rooij J, et al "Prophylactic intracameral antibiotics and endophthalmitis after cataract surgery" JAMA Ophthalmol 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.1716.

One possible case investigated in a complicated cataract surgery procedure returned with a negative culture. It was atypical in that it occurred more than five weeks after surgery. Visual outcome was ...

Source Reference: Bjerager J, et al "Outbreak of bilateral endophthalmitis after immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery" JAMA Ophthalmol 2023; DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.4637. Share ...

There were 36 cases of endophthalmitis between 1993 to 1999, 62 cases between 2000 and 2010, and 17 between 2016 and 2022, with procedures numbering 27,114, 68,335, and 56,598 in those respective ...

Cataract surgery is one of the most popular and commonly performed procedures in the world. The vast majority of patients have excellent outcomes with few complications. The rate of post-surgery ...

Endophthalmitis remains a serious complication after cataract surgery, although prophylactic measures introduced in recent years have reduced the number of patients with this complication. Our two ...