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1. Intracameral antibiotic prophylaxis remains controversial.

Author

Guttman, Cheryl, Kornmehl, Ernest W., and Mah, Francis S.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *CATARACT surgery complications, *OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
Abstract

Information about several papers discussed at the Current Concepts in Ophthalmology meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The event focuses on the finding of a study that investigates the occurrence of intracameral antibiotic prophylaxis in post-cataract surgery patients. The meeting featured several speakers including Francis S. Mah.

Published
2007

2. Clinician judgment necessary if using new fluoroquinolones.

Author

Guttman, Cheryl

Subjects
*CATARACT surgery complications, *OPHTHALMIC surgery complications, *ANTIBIOTICS, *CONFERENCES & conventions
Abstract

The article focuses on ophthalmologist Robert W. Snyder's discussion about the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for reducing the risk of acute postcataract surgery endophthalmitis, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Snyder explains that the rationale of using antibiotics is to eliminate ocular surface pathogens to prevent intraocular inoculation. He notes that one of the earliest suggestions favoring the use of antibiotic prophylaxis emerged in a 1979 paper by Christy and Sommer.

Published
2006