Review Article
Chronic Postoperative Endophthalmitis: A Review of Clinical Characteristics, Microbiology, Treatment Strategies, and Outcomes
Table 6
Recurrence rate of chronic post operative endophthalmitis with different surgical interventions [
5,
16,
18,
28].
| | Treatment modality* | Fox () | Clark () | Al-Mezaine () | Shirodkar () | Overall () |
| | PPV + IOAB | 5/7 (71%) | 5/10 (50%) | 1/3 (33.3%) | 10/12 (83%) | 15/22 (68%) | | PPV + PC + IOAB | 1/9 (11%) | 4/21 (19%) | 0 | 9/13 (69%) | 14/43 (32%) | | PPV + TC + IOL exchange | 0/4 (0%) | 0/7 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 1/7 (14%) | 1/22 (4.5%) | | PPV + TC + no IOL | 0 | 0/5 (0%) | 0/1 (0%) | 1/12 (8%) | 1/18 (5.5%) |
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*At any time of treatment (initial, secondary, or tertiary intervention).
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