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Challenging course of endophthalmitis with corneal ulcer following cataract surgery: successful management and visual rehabilitation

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
ABSTRACT The objective of this case report was to share the successful management of severe endophthalmitis, aiming at ocular integrity and visual acuity. A 73-year-old man presented with visual acuity of 20/30 in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye. On the 21st day postoperatively after phacoemulsi...

Efectividad del moxifloxacino intracameral profiláctico para reducir la endoftalmitis posterior a cirugía de cataratas en población chilena

Rev. méd. Chile; 151 (3), 2023
BACKGROUND: Endophthalmitis is a serious infectious complication of cataract surgery, which may lead to vision loss. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of intracameral moxifloxacin in reducing endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in Chilean patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed all phacoemulsific...

Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: results from seven years of epidemiological surveillance

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 78 (2), 2019
Abstract Purpose: This study aims to describe the incidence, clinical presentation, and evolution of endophthalmitis cases occurred at an ophthalmologic center in Brazil. Methods: This is a review of medical records of patients undergoing cataract surgery from 2008 to 2014. Clinical variables associat...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced bilateral endophthalmitis after bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery: case report

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery (BSCS) has gained popularity among eye surgeons in many countries. This study examines the case of a 77-year-old patient who developed bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery. Immediate bilateral v...

Intracameral moxifloxacin after cataract surgery: a prospective study

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To study the safety parameters associated with intracameral moxifloxacin application five weeks after cataract surgery. Methods: The study was a prospective case series set in a private hospital in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A consecutive sample of 1,016 cataract surgeries was eval...

Factores de riesgo de la endoftalmitis aguda poscirugía de catarata
Risk factors for acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 31 (1), 2018
Se realizó una revisión de los factores de riesgo de la endoftalmitis aguda poscirugía de catarata. Se actualizan aspectos como la fuente de infección y el mecanismo de producción, factores predisponentes para que la contaminación de la cámara anterior se convierta en una infección intraocular, p...

The reasons for evisceration after penetrating keratoplasty between 1995 and 2015

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the indications and frequency of evisceration after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent evisceration after PK between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2015 at Ankara Training and Research ...

Safety and efficacy of intracameral moxifloxacin injection for prophylaxis of endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of 0.05 mL intracameral injection of moxifloxacin in patients who underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implant. Methods: Retrospective study comprising patients who underwent phacoemulsification and IOL implant between January 20...

Toxic anterior segment syndrome following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT We present the case of a 31-year-old patient with toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) that developed after undergoing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). She had keratoconus, and despite wearing hard contact lenses for many years in the left eye, her vision had deteriorated; therefore...

Sucessfull management of bilateral presumed Candida endogenous endophtalmitis following pancreatitis

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare, and frequently devastating, ophthalmic disease. It occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients, or those with diabetes mellitus, cancer or intravenous drugs users. Candida infection is the most common cause of endogenous endophthalmitis. Ocular candidiasis d...