title: Lest we forget--or, every procedure carries risk.
abstract: In 1980 a 71-year-old white female had a cataract extraction with insertion of a posterior chamber lens. Postoperative visual acuity was 20/20, J1. Two years following her first operation, the patient was admitted to the hospital as a day surgery patient; using a two-needle technique an uncomplicated discission of a secondary cataract was performed in the operating room. Vision improved from 20/100 to 20/40. Four days later, she developed an endophthalmitis.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D012086:Reoperation / Q000009:adverse effects; D012306:Risk; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents