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ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2021

Endophthalmitis following Intravitreal Injection, Cataract Surgery, and Vitrectomy: Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes.

Ana Maria Cunha, Maria Manuel Iglésias, Amândio Rocha-Sousa, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Manuel Falcão

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Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Long-term outcomes and factors associated with visual recovery after small-gauge vitrectomy for infectious endophthalmitis: a 10-year experience at a single tertiary center in Taiwan.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Maria CunhaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8519-8786
Maria Manuel IglésiasFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Amândio Rocha-SousaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Fernando Falcão-ReisDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Manuel FalcãoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4718-0910
Universidade do Porto · PTHospital de São João · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe and compare the clinical features and visual outcomes of endophthalmitis following intravitreal injections (IVI), cataract surgery, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).

methodsThis is a single-centre, retrospective study. All included patients had acute postoperative endophthalmitis secondary to one of these three procedures. Visual acuity (VA), comorbidities, time to presentation, and treatment were assessed. The primary outcome was visual outcome. A poor outcome was considered if final VA was worse than or equal to counting fingers (CF) and a good outcome was classified as VA better than CF.

resultsOver 12 years, a total of 61 patients were included. Twenty-seven cases were post-cataract endophthalmitis; twenty-five were post-IVI and nine post-PPV. Endophthalmitis post-PPV had a worse visual outcome (88.9% of patients with VA worse than or equal to CF 95% CI 51.3 to 100.0%) than endophthalmitis following cataract surgery (25.9% of patients with VA worse than or equal to CF 95% CI 11.0 to 39.9%) and the IVI subgroup (44.0% of VA worse than or equal to CF 95% CI 24.0 to 67.0%) (

conclusionsThe number of patients with poor visual outcomes following acute endophthalmitis was similar in endophthalmitis following IVI and cataract surgery, but better than endophthalmitis following vitrectomy.

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