title: Infection rates in outpatient eyelid surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors used the database of eyelid surgeries performed at the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis, MN, to help determine the infection rate in outpatient eyelid surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors retrospectively reviewed the reported cases of infections after all eyelid surgeries performed between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2004 at the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis, MN.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of a total of 2,227 patients who underwent oculoplastic procedures, there was only one reported infection (0.04%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The infection rate in outpatient eyelid surgery is extremely low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Edward W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Aaron C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Holtebeck
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies