title: Incidence of acute endophthalmitis after triamcinolone-assisted pars plana vitrectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Taiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Enaida
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Keita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamakiri
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Mitsunobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide