BACKGROUND: To study the incidence of endophthalmitis after 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and to compare it with the endophthalmitis rate after 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy performed in the same ophthalmology department. METHODS: The charts of 4,021 consecutive 20-gauge or 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomies performed at a single institution, between August 1 2003 and April 1 2008, were reviewed to search for the occurrence of postoperative endophthalmitis. This is a retrospective, interventional, comparative cohort study. RESULTS: Endophthalmitis developed in one of 3,078 eyes after 20-gauge vitrectomy (0.03%) and in none of 943 eyes after 23-gauge vitrectomy. CONCLUSIONS: We did not find an increased risk of endophthalmitis after 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy.
BACKGROUND: To study the incidence of endophthalmitis after 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and to compare it with the endophthalmitis rate after 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy performed in the same ophthalmology department. METHODS: The charts of 4,021 consecutive 20-gauge or 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomies performed at a single institution, between August 1 2003 and April 1 2008, were reviewed to search for the occurrence of postoperative endophthalmitis. This is a retrospective, interventional, comparative cohort study. RESULTS:Endophthalmitis developed in one of 3,078 eyes after 20-gauge vitrectomy (0.03%) and in none of 943 eyes after 23-gauge vitrectomy. CONCLUSIONS: We did not find an increased risk of endophthalmitis after 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy.
Authors: Rohit R Lakhanpal; Mark S Humayun; Eugene de Juan; Jennifer I Lim; Lawrence P Chong; Tom S Chang; Michael Javaheri; Gildo Y Fujii; Aaron C Barnes; Terry J Alexandrou Journal: Ophthalmology Date: 2005-05 Impact factor: 12.079
Authors: Gildo Y Fujii; Eugene De Juan; Mark S Humayun; Tom S Chang; Dante J Pieramici; Aaron Barnes; David Kent Journal: Ophthalmology Date: 2002-10 Impact factor: 12.079
Authors: Gildo Y Fujii; Eugene De Juan; Mark S Humayun; Dante J Pieramici; Tom S Chang; C Awh; Eugene Ng; Aaron Barnes; Sue Lynn Wu; Drew N Sommerville Journal: Ophthalmology Date: 2002-10 Impact factor: 12.079
Authors: Ingrid U Scott; Harry W Flynn; Nur Acar; Sundeep Dev; Saad Shaikh; Robert A Mittra; J Fernando Arevalo; Andres Kychenthal; Allen Kunselman Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2010-09-18 Impact factor: 3.117