| Autor: |
Gowtham Jonna, Daniel B. Roth, Howard F. Fine, H. Matthew Wheatley, Jonathan L. Prenner, Arvin Kheterpal, Suzanne Cohen, William J. Feuer |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Guoji Yanke Zazhi, Vol 15, Iss 5, Pp 750-754 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1672-5123 |
| DOI: |
10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2015.5.02 |
| Popis: |
AIM:To determine whether inferior injections had a higher incidence of post-injection endophthalmitis than superior injections. The incidence of endophthalmitis is higher for inferior than superior trabeculectomy filtering blebs, possibly due to bacteria pooling in the inferior tear lake. METHODS: A practice-wide database of endophthalmitis cases identified 5 occurring during the two-year study period. A retrospective review of 8 672 injections in 1 121 eyes of 909 patients treated during the same two-year study period was performed in order to assess the injection site location.RESULTS: Five eyes developed presumed infectious endophthalmitis. Eighty percent of endophthalmitis cases were injected inferiorly, even though 84.6% of the total cohort was injected superiorly. The odds ratio of infection associated with inferior injection location is 22.1(P=0.006).CONCLUSION:Endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection is rare, occurring in only 0.025% of injections overall. Avoiding intravitreal injections in the inferior quadrants may further reduce the rate of endophthalmitis. |
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