Susan S Thoms1, David C Musch, H Kaz Soong. 1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48152, USA. sthoms@umich.edu
Abstract
AIM: To compare the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis in clear corneal cataract surgeries performed with and without suture closure, antibiotics and povidone iodine. SETTING: Ambulatory surgery facility. METHODS: In a retrospective, consecutive case-series study, we reviewed the incidence of endophthalmitis in 815 consecutive eyes that underwent cataract surgery by a single surgeon over a 5-year period (379 unsutured and 436 sutured, 294 without and 521 with antibiotic drops in the immediate postoperative period, and 247 without and 568 with povidone iodine before patching). RESULTS: There were five cases of culture-positive postoperative endophthalmitis in the unsutured group and none in the sutured group (p = 0.022). Although patients in these two groups received routine preoperative antibiotic and povidone-iodine drops, those in whom antibiotic eye drops were not initiated until the day after surgery (p = 0.006) and those who did not receive 5% povidone-iodine drops immediately after wound closure (p = 0.031), had a higher incidence of endophthalmitis. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that by suturing the corneal incisions, by initiating antibiotic eye drops within the first 24 h of surgery and by instilling povidone-iodine drops after closure, the incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery could possibly be reduced.
AIM: To compare the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis in clear corneal cataract surgeries performed with and without suture closure, antibiotics and povidone iodine. SETTING: Ambulatory surgery facility. METHODS: In a retrospective, consecutive case-series study, we reviewed the incidence of endophthalmitis in 815 consecutive eyes that underwent cataract surgery by a single surgeon over a 5-year period (379 unsutured and 436 sutured, 294 without and 521 with antibiotic drops in the immediate postoperative period, and 247 without and 568 with povidone iodine before patching). RESULTS: There were five cases of culture-positive postoperative endophthalmitis in the unsutured group and none in the sutured group (p = 0.022). Although patients in these two groups received routine preoperative antibiotic and povidone-iodine drops, those in whom antibiotic eye drops were not initiated until the day after surgery (p = 0.006) and those who did not receive 5% povidone-iodine drops immediately after wound closure (p = 0.031), had a higher incidence of endophthalmitis. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that by suturing the corneal incisions, by initiating antibiotic eye drops within the first 24 h of surgery and by instilling povidone-iodine drops after closure, the incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery could possibly be reduced.
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