Review Article
Chronic Postoperative Endophthalmitis: A Review of Clinical Characteristics, Microbiology, Treatment Strategies, and Outcomes
Table 5
Recurrence rate of chronic post operative endophthalmitis with different initial treatment modalities [
5,
18,
28].
| | Initial treatment | Fox () | Clark () | Shirodkar () |
*Overall () |
| | IOAB only | 4/5 (80%) | 12/12 (100%) | 2/3 (66%) | 18/20 (90%) | | PPV + IOAB | 2/2 (100) | 5/10 (50%) | 8/10 (80%) | 15/22 (68%) | | PPV + PC+ IOAB | 5/11 (45%) | 2/14 (5.5%) | 9/13 (69%) | 16/38 (42%) | | PPV + IOL exchange | 0/1 (0%) | None | None | 0/1 (0%) |
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*AL-Mezaine review series was not included since it did not mention the recurrence rate after initial treatment.
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