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Endophthalmitis after phakic intraocular lens implantation to correct high myopia
J J Pérez-Santonja1, J M Ruíz-Moreno, F de la Hoz
1Refractive Surgery and Cornea Unit, Alicante Institute of Ophthalmology, Miguel Hernández University School of Medicine, Spain.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|September 7, 1999
Abstract:
A 36-year-old woman had uneventful implantation of an angle-supported anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (IOL) to correct high myopia. On the first postoperative day, she developed infectious endophthalmitis likely associated with intraoperative contamination. Group B beta-hemolytic Streptococcus endophthalmitis was confirmed by microbiologic studies. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of infectious endophthalmitis after anterior chamber phakic IOL implantation to correct high myopia.