Endophthalmitis is a rare, but potentially serious complication of cataract surgery that may lead to blindness. It is caused by bacterial infection of eyes during surgery or in the first few days after surgery. This article provides a current update on the perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis for endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Endophthalmitis is a severe inflammation of the anterior and/or posterior chambers of the eye and may be sterile or associated with infection.
It is a potentially vision-threatening and most common complication of cataract surgery. Cataract surgery is the most common operative procedure in the aged population. While endophthalmitis is relatively rare, the frequency of the cataract surgery makes the absolute number of endophthalmitis cases significant enough to be a public health problem. Reported rates of endophthalmitis cases vary substantially, with…
