Incidence of acute endophthalmitis after triamcinolone-assisted pars plana vitrectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To report the incidence of acute endophthalmitis after triamcinolone acetonide-assisted pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).


METHODS
A retrospective multicenter interventional case series collected over 23 months.


METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all patients who underwent triamcinolone-assisted PPV at seven academic clinical centers or eye hospitals from January 2002 to November 2003.


RESULTS
Of a total of 1,886 cases, only 1 case showed acute endophthalmitis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis (0.053%). No other cases showed any signs of postoperative endophthalmitis.


CONCLUSIONS
Intraoperative use of triamcinolone during PPV is not a high risk factor for acute endophthalmitis.
Sakamoto
Taiji
T
Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Sakaragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan. tsakamot@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Enaida
Hiroshi
H
Kubota
Toshiaki
T
Nakahara
Masaaki
M
Yamakiri
Keita
K
Yamashita
Takehiro
T
Yokoyama
Mitsunobu
M
Hata
Yasuaki
Y
Murata
Toshinori
T
Miyata
Kazunori
K
Uemura
Akinori
A
Kimura
Wataru
W
Ishibashi
Tatsuro
T
D000208:Acute Disease; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007267:Injections; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014821:Vitrectomy
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide