Incidence of endophthalmitis after 20-gauge vs 23-gauge vs 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy

    Authors

    I. U. Scott; H. W. Flynn; N. Acar; S. Dev; S. Shaikh; R. A. Mittra; J. F. Arevalo; A. Kychenthal;A. Kunselman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol.

    Keywords

    Endophthalmitis; Pars plana vitrectomy; Small-incision vitrectomy; ONSET POSTOPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS; VITREORETINAL SURGERY; OUTCOMES; Ophthalmology

    Abstract

    To compare endophthalmitis rates after 20-gauge versus 23-gauge versus 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in 2007-2008, and compare the rates with those of 2005-2006. Multicenter study including all patients who developed endophthalmitis following PPV performed by any of the authors during 2005-2008, and all patients who developed endophthalmitis following PPV at Penn State College of Medicine and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute during 2005-2008. The endophthalmitis rates after 20-gauge, 23-gauge and 25-gauge PPV during 2007-2008 were compared to those from 2005-2006. The endophthalmitis incidence during 2007-2008 was 1/4,403 (0.02%) for 20-gauge PPV, 1/3,362 (0.03%) for 23-gauge PPV, and 1/789 (0.13%) for 25-gauge PPV. There is no significant difference among these rates between any two of the three groups. Compared with the endophthalmitis rates among the same group of surgeons during 2005-2006, the 2007-2008 endophthalmitis rates following 20-gauge and 23-gauge PPV were stable, and the rate following 25-gauge PPV was marginally lower (p = 0.056; odds ratio = 0.15; 95% CI: (0.003, 1.03)). There was no significant difference in the 2007-2008 rates of endophthalmitis following 20-gauge versus 23-gauge versus 25-gauge PPV; among the same group of surgeons, the 2007-2008 rate of endophthalmitis following 25-gauge PPV was marginally lower than the 2005-2006 rate.

    Journal Title

    Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

    Volume

    249

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2011

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    377

    Last Page

    380

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000288454200006

    ISSN

    0721-832X

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