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Abstract
Postoperative endophthalmitis is one of the most feared complications of intraocular surgery. The most common types of intraocular surgeries performed worldwide are cataract extraction, glaucoma drainage implants/trabeculectomy, and pars plana vitrectomy. This review will focus on the clinical features, risk factors, prophylaxis, and treatment of endophthalmitis in these three main intraocular surgeries.Entities:
Keywords: Endophthalmitis; post-cataract; post-glaucoma surgery; post-vitrectomy; review
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29172849 DOI: 10.1080/08820538.2017.1353826
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Ophthalmol ISSN: 0882-0538 Impact factor: 1.975