Aspergillus endophthalmitis after sutureless cataract surgery
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K W Oxford1, R L Abbott, W E Fung
1Pacific Ophthalmic Consultants, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco 94115, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|October 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose:
We studied a case of Aspergillus endophthalmitis after sutureless cataract surgery.
Methods:
A patient underwent sutureless phacoemulsification complicated by a posterior capsular tear. She subsequently developed Aspergillus endophthalmitis. Amphotericin B was injected intravitreally at the time of repeat pars plana vitrectomy.
Results:
The eye was enucleated because of pain and poor response to treatment.
Conclusions:
We recommend suturing the wound in any eye that has experienced a complication of surgery.