Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis in Cataract Surgery: Overview of Current Practice Patterns Around the World

Title:Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis in Cataract Surgery: Overview of Current Practice Patterns Around the World

Volume: 23 Issue: 4

Author(s): Andrzej Grzybowski*, Stephen G. Schwartz, Kazuki Matsuura, Stephan O. Tone, Steve Arshinoff, Jonathon Q. Ng, Jay J. Meyer, Wu Liu, Soosan Jacob, Mark Packer, Rifna Lutfiamida, Sjakon Tahija, Paul Roux, Boris Malyugin, Julio A. Urrets-Zavalia, Nicolas Crim, Evangelina Esposito, Pablo Daponte, Fernando Pellegrino, Enrique O. Graue-Hernandez, Aida Jimenez-Corona, Jorge E. Valdez-Garcia, Julio C. Hernandez-Camarena, Nidhi Relhan, Harry W. Flynn, Ravilla D. Ravindran and Anders Behnding

Affiliation:

• Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan City Hospital, Poznan,Poland

Keywords: Endophthalmitis, endophthalmitis prophylaxis, intracameral antibiotics, topical antibiotics, cataract surgery, cataract surgery complications.

Abstract: Background: Acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery remains a rare but important cause of visual loss. There is no global consensus regarding the optimal strategies for prophylaxis of endophthalmitis and practices vary substantially around the world, especially with respect to the use of intracameral antibiotics. The European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons in a randomized clinical trial (2007) reported an approximately 5-fold reduction in endophthalmitis rates associated with the use of intracameral cefuroxime. Despite this report, the use of intracameral antibiotics has not been universally adopted.

Methods: Various endophthalmitis prophylaxis patterns around the world (including the United States, Canada, Australia/New Zealand, Japan, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Argentina, Russia, Sweden and Mexico) are compared. Each contributing author was asked to provide similar information, including endophthalmitis rates based on published studies, current practice patterns, and in some cases original survey data. Various methods were used to obtain this information, including literature reviews, expert commentary, and some new survey data not previously published.

Results: Many different practice patterns were reported from around the world, specifically with respect to the use of intracameral antibiotics.

Conclusion: There is no worldwide consensus regarding endophthalmitis prophylaxis with cataract surgery.

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Grzybowski Andrzej *, Schwartz G. Stephen, Matsuura Kazuki , Tone O. Stephan , Arshinoff Steve , Ng Q. Jonathon , Meyer J. Jay , Liu Wu , Jacob Soosan , Packer Mark , Lutfiamida Rifna , Tahija Sjakon , Roux Paul , Malyugin Boris , Urrets-Zavalia A. Julio , Crim Nicolas , Esposito Evangelina , Daponte Pablo , Pellegrino Fernando , Graue-Hernandez O. Enrique , Jimenez-Corona Aida , Valdez-Garcia E. Jorge , Hernandez-Camarena C. Julio , Relhan Nidhi , Flynn W. Harry , Ravindran D. Ravilla and Behnding Anders , Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis in Cataract Surgery: Overview of Current Practice Patterns Around the World, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2017; 23 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666161216122230

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666161216122230	Print ISSN 1381-6128
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1873-4286