| Autor: |
Subash Bhatta, Nayana Pant, Manish Poudel |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open Ophthalmology, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2397-3269 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000609 |
| Popis: |
Objective This study was conducted to understand the effects of intracameral moxifloxacin in decreasing the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in an eye hospital with a high volume surgical load.Methods and analysis In this single-centre, retrospective, clinical registry-based study, we compared the rates of postoperative endophthalmitis in 31 340 cataract surgery patients operated during 22 months after June 2018 who received intracameral moxifloxacin to 80 643 patients operated during 41 months before June 2018 who did not receive intracameral moxifloxacin. All patients received subconjunctival gentamycin and dexamethasone. Combined surgical procedures were excluded from the study.Results There was a significant reduction (p |
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