Retrospective Study of Vitreous Tap Technique Using Needle Aspiration for Management of Shallow Anterior Chamber during Phacoemulsification

Table 2

The results of vitreous needle tap versus automated vitreous biopsy in the endophthalmitis vitrectomy study according to Han et al. [15].

	Gauge size	Number of; patients (n)	Intraoperative; hyphema	Postoperative retinal; detachment	Culture and gram; stain positivity
Vitreous needle tap	20	70	2 (3%)	8 (11%)	69% and 42%
Automated vitreous biopsy	22–27	127	3 (2%)	10 (8%)	66% and 41%