Y., M., P., S., T., A., A., M. (2022). INCIDENCE OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER INTRA-OPERATIVE MOXIFLOXACIN INJECTION IN THE CAPSULAR BAG, BEHIND THE INTRA OCULAR LENS, IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Egyptian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology, 5(2), 145-149. doi: 10.21608/ejco.2022.280977
Mostafa, Y.; Sameh, P.; Altak, T.; Marrie, A.. "INCIDENCE OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER INTRA-OPERATIVE MOXIFLOXACIN INJECTION IN THE CAPSULAR BAG, BEHIND THE INTRA OCULAR LENS, IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY". Egyptian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology, 5, 2, 2022, 145-149. doi: 10.21608/ejco.2022.280977
Y., M., P., S., T., A., A., M. (2022). 'INCIDENCE OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER INTRA-OPERATIVE MOXIFLOXACIN INJECTION IN THE CAPSULAR BAG, BEHIND THE INTRA OCULAR LENS, IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY', Egyptian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology, 5(2), pp. 145-149. doi: 10.21608/ejco.2022.280977
Y., M., P., S., T., A., A., M. INCIDENCE OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER INTRA-OPERATIVE MOXIFLOXACIN INJECTION IN THE CAPSULAR BAG, BEHIND THE INTRA OCULAR LENS, IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Egyptian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology, 2022; 5(2): 145-149. doi: 10.21608/ejco.2022.280977
INCIDENCE OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER INTRA-OPERATIVE MOXIFLOXACIN INJECTION IN THE CAPSULAR BAG, BEHIND THE INTRA OCULAR LENS, IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
1Ophthalmology dept., Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Univ., Egypt
2Ophthalmology dept., Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Univ., Egypt,
3Sheikh Khalifa Medical City - Ajman (SKMCA), UAE
Abstract
Purpose: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intracapsular moxifloxacin injection at the end of phacoemulsification as a prophylactic measure against early and late endophthalmitis. Setting: private eye center, eye Care, Cairo, Egypt. Methods: This is a retrospective clinical registry-based study. Data was collected from patients who had phacoemulsification within the capsular bag injection of moxifloxacin at the end of surgery. 0.2 ml of moxifloxacin 0.5% ophthalmic solution was injected into the bag by placing the tip of the cannula under the capsulorhexis edge and directing the drug behind the IOL. Results: Data were collected from EMR for 10919 eyes, that underwent phacoemulsification and in the bag moxifloxacin injection between January 2015 and August 2022, 4 cases of early endophthalmitis were reported with an incidence of 0.03%, no cases of late-endophthalmitis, and no cases of toxicity. Conclusion: Intracapsular moxifloxacin injection at the end of phacoemulsification is a safe effective prophylactic measure against endophthalmitis.