title: Anterior vitrectomy and partial capsulectomy via anterior approach to treat chronic postoperative endophthalmitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the results of vitrectomy and partial capsulectomy via anterior approach surgical technique in treatment of chronic postoperative endophthalmitis (CPE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical records of 9 patients treated for CPE between 2006 and 2010 were reviewed retrospectively. All of these patients were treated with vitrectomy and partial capsulectomy via anterior approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six of 9 patients were male. The average patients' age was (60±8.1) years. The average period between cataract extraction and onset of signs and symptoms was (3.6±1.3) weeks. The average presenting visual acuity was 0.3±0.1 and the average final post operative visual acuity was 0.7±0.2. The mean follow-up period was (28.1±8.9) weeks. In all patients, the inflammation subsided after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that anterior vitrectomy and partial capsulectomy via anterior approach may be considered as potentially useful and relatively less invasive technique to treat CPE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: Turgut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
keywords: anterior vitrectomy; chronic postoperative endophthalmitis; partial capsulectomy
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