title: Treatment of endophthalmitis by pars plana vitrectomy.
abstract: Between 1976 and 1985 81 cases of endophthalmitis have been treated by pars plana vitrectomy and intravitreous injection of antibiotics or antimycotics. The functional results and the etiology of the endophthalmitis are discussed, as well as the reasons to perform a vitrectomy in endophthalmitis, and a possible explanation for the relatively high incidence of pseudophakic endophthalmitis is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Universitair Ziekenhuis, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verbraeken
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geeroms
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karemera
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents