ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2006
Nosocomial postoperative endophthalmitis: a 14-year review.
Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Impact of Patient Characteristics and Surgery-Related Risk Factors on Endophthalmitis after Cataract surgery: A Meta-Analysis.Ophthalmic research · 2025Pooled it
- Antibiotic prevention of postcataract endophthalmitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta ophthalmologica · 2015Pooled it
- Literature- and Experience-Based Consensus for Acute Post-operative Endophthalmitis and Endogenous Endophthalmitis in Taiwan.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2024Article
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- Prospective Multicenter Surveillance Study of Surgical Site Infection after Spinal Surgery in Korea : A Preliminary Study.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2018Article
- Treatment outcomes of post cataract surgery endophthalmitis in a tertiary referral center in Iran.Journal of current ophthalmology · 2018Article
- Slit lamps and lenses: a potential source of nosocomial infections?Eye (London, England) · 2018Article
- In vitro and in vivo models of Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis implicate specific nutrients in ocular infection.PloS one · 2014Article
- Outcome of endophthalmitis treatment in a tertiary referral center in southern iran.Middle East African journal of ophthalmology · 2012Article
- Conjunctival swabs and corneoscleral rim cultures from corneal transplantation donors as possible early indicators for posttransplant endopthalmitis.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2011Article
- Retrospective analysis of etiopathogenesis of all cases of endophthalmitis at a large tertiary referral center.International ophthalmology · 2007Article
- A comparative study of post-operative endophthalmitis between immediate versus delayed management of eventful cataract extraction.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence, predisposing surgery, management and final visual outcome of postoperative endophthalmitis over a 14-year period at one institute.
methodsThis retrospective study reviewed all intraocular operations performed between 1 January 1991 and 31 August 2004 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, to determine the incidence of nosocomial postoperative endophthalmitis and the characteristics of patients who developed this condition.
resultsThe overall incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis after intraocular surgery was 0.19% (56 out of 30,219). Postoperative endophthalmitis developed in 56 eyes in 56 patients during the study period. The condition developed after cataract surgery in 46 eyes, after penetrating keratoplasty in 6 eyes, after filtering surgery in 2 eyes, after secondary intraocular lens implant in 1 eye, and after vitrectomy in 1 eye. Postoperative endophthalmitis was culture-positive in 31 cases (55%). The most frequent organism isolated was coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Factors associated with better visual acuity outcomes included low virulence of isolated pathogen, initial visual acuity of counting fingers or better, and history of cataract surgery compared with other intraocular surgery.
conclusionThe overall incidence of endophthalmitis after intraocular surgery was 0.19%. The results of this 14-year review from a local medical center may serve as a source of comparison for other centers and future studies.
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