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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2025

Combined pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for the treatment of acute postoperative infectious endophthalmitis.

Ayman Lotfy, Ahmed Nour Kotb, Ali Goda Ali, Marwa A Khairy

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Ayman Lotfy *Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Ahmed Nour Kotb *Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Ali Goda Ali *Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Marwa A KhairyOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. marwakhairy@medicine.zu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3317-0423

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purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of early pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and silicone oil (SO) tamponade for treating acute post-phacoemulsification infectious endophthalmitis.

methodsThis retrospective study included 44 eyes of 44 patients who developed early endophthalmitis after uneventful phacoemulsification. PPV with SO tamponade was performed within 24 h of presentation.

resultsA significant improvement in logMAR visual acuity (VA) was reported in our patients; (2.595 ± 0.249 at baseline compared to 1.052 ± 0.462 at final visit), with P value 0.0001. SO was removed in all cases after 4-9 months (6 ± 1.3) and all patients continued follow-up for at least 6 months after SO removal (15.4 ± 6.5). Postoperative complications included; three eyes (6.8%) developing severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), four eyes (9.1%) developing inferior retinal detachment (RD) under SO, Two eyes (4.5%) developing pupillary block glaucoma and two eyes (4.5%) suffered from recurrent RD after SO removal.

conclusionEarly PPV with SO tamponade for the treatment of acute endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification has good visual outcomes and lower complication rates if performed early within 24 h of patient presentation.

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EndophthalmitisEndotamponadeEye Infections, BacterialPhacoemulsificationPostoperative ComplicationsSilicone OilsVitrectomyAcute DiseaseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedSilicone OilsEarly PPVInfectious endophthalmitisSilicon oil tamponade

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