INCIDENCE OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER INTRA-OPERATIVE MOXIFLOXACIN INJECTION IN THE CAPSULAR BAG, BEHIND THE INTRA OCULAR LENS, IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology | ||||
Article 10, Volume 5, Issue 2, December 2022, Page 145-149 PDF (278.19 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original articles: include clinical trials, interventional research, Basic researches and clinically relevant laboratory investigations | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejco.2022.280977 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Mostafa, Y.1; Sameh, P.2; Altak, T.3; Marrie, A.1 | ||||
1Ophthalmology dept., Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Univ., Egypt | ||||
2Ophthalmology dept., Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Univ., Egypt, | ||||
3Sheikh Khalifa Medical City - Ajman (SKMCA), UAE | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Purpose: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intracapsular moxifloxacin injection at the end of phacoemulsification as a prophylactic measure against early and late endophthalmitis. Setting: private eye center, eye Care, Cairo, Egypt. Methods: This is a retrospective clinical registry-based study. Data was collected from patients who had phacoemulsification within the capsular bag injection of moxifloxacin at the end of surgery. 0.2 ml of moxifloxacin 0.5% ophthalmic solution was injected into the bag by placing the tip of the cannula under the capsulorhexis edge and directing the drug behind the IOL. Results: Data were collected from EMR for 10919 eyes, that underwent phacoemulsification and in the bag moxifloxacin injection between January 2015 and August 2022, 4 cases of early endophthalmitis were reported with an incidence of 0.03%, no cases of late-endophthalmitis, and no cases of toxicity. Conclusion: Intracapsular moxifloxacin injection at the end of phacoemulsification is a safe effective prophylactic measure against endophthalmitis. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Endophthalmitis; Moxifloxacin; Phacoemulsification | ||||
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