Relationship of echographic findings with visual outcomes in post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis

Annals of Ophthalmology - Tập 36 - Trang 12-16 - 2004
Rajashekhar Patil1, Dinesh Talwar1, Hem K. Tewari1, Yog Raj Sharma1, Sanjeev Nainiwal1, Lalit K. Verma1, Geeta Satpathy1
1Raiendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India

Tóm tắt

Preoperative ultrasonography in postoperative endophthalmitis was correlated with outcome following vitrectomy. Final visual acuity <20/400 in 14% of eyes with mild/moderate vitreous opacities vs. 67% with dense vitreous opacities. More virulent isolates were found in 67% of eyes with dense opacities vs. 9% with mild/moderate opacities. Dense vitreous debris on ultrasonography was associated with infection by virulent organisms and poorer outcome.

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