title: Endophthalmitis after strabismus surgery with a good visual result.
abstract: A 78-year-old woman underwent recession-resection surgery for longstanding exotropia. A scleral perforation occurred at the time of surgery and was treated with transscleral retinocryopexy. Three days after surgery the patient experienced light perception vision, pain, and hypopyon. She underwent a trans pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal and periocular antibiotics. Three months after vitrectomy, visual acuity returned to the preoperative level of 20/50. Six months after vitrectomy she underwent an uneventful cataract extraction with posterior chamber lens implant. Visual acuity 5 months after cataract surgery was 20/20.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Uniat
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Olk
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Kenneally
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Windsor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005099:Exotropia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents