Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 12 , Page 2009 , December 2007

Reply: Reducing the risk of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery

References 

  1. Rosha DS, Ng JQ, Morlet N, et al. Cataract surgery practice and endophthalmitis prevention by Australian and New Zealand ophthalmologists. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006;34:535–544
  2. Lertsumitkul S, Myers PC, O'Rourke MT, Chandra J. Endophthalmitis in the western Sydney region: a case-control study. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2001;29:400–405
  3. Colleaux KM, Hamilton WK. Effect of prophylactic antibiotics and incision type on the incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Can J Ophthalmol. 2000;35:373–378discussion by RA Morgan, 378
  4. Lehmann OJ, Roberts CJ, Ikram K, et al. Association between nonadministration of subconjunctival cefuroxime and postoperative endophthalmitis. J Cataract Refract Surg. 1997;23:889–893
  5. Morlet N, Ng JQ. Postoperative endophthalmitis. [reply to letter by RG Fiscella, J Pulido] Ophthalmology. 2006;113:1473
  6. Mollan SP, Gao A, Lockwood A, et al. Postcataract endophthalmitis: incidence and microbial isolates in a United Kingdom region from 1996 through 2004. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007;33:265–268erratum, 759
  7. Morlet N, Li J, Semmens J, Ng J. The Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia (EPSWA): first report. Br J Ophthalmol. 2003;87:574–576
  8. Ng JQ, Morlet N, Pearman JW, et al. Management and outcomes of postoperative endophthalmitis since the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study; the Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia (EPSWA)'s fifth report. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:1199–1206
  9. Semmens JB, Li J, Morlet N, et al. Trends in cataract surgery and postoperative endophthalmitis in Western Australia (1980-1998): the Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2003;31:213–219
  10. Li J, Morlet N, Ng JQ, et al. Significant nonsurgical risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: EPSWA fourth report; for Team EPSWA. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004;45:1321–1328
  11. West ES, Behrens A, McDonnell PJ, et al. The incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery among the U.S. Medicare population increased between 1994 and 2001. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:1388–1394
  12. Garcia-Arumi J, Fonollosa A, Sararols L, et al. Topical anesthesia: possible risk factor for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007;33:989–992
  13. Barry P, Seal DV, Gettinby G, et al. ESCRS study of prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: preliminary report of principal results from a European multicenter study; the ESCRS Endophthalmitis Study Group. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2006;32:407–410
  14. Morlet N. How might we halve the risk of endophthalmitis?. [editorial] Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2007;35:303–304

PII: S0886-3350(07)01617-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.07.049

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 12 , Page 2009 , December 2007

Article Tools