Endophthalmitis after strabismus surgery with a good visual result

Ophthalmic Surg. 1988 Jan;19(1):42-3.

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman underwent recession-resection surgery for longstanding exotropia. A scleral perforation occurred at the time of surgery and was treated with transscleral retinocryopexy. Three days after surgery the patient experienced light perception vision, pain, and hypopyon. She underwent a trans pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal and periocular antibiotics. Three months after vitrectomy, visual acuity returned to the preoperative level of 20/50. Six months after vitrectomy she underwent an uneventful cataract extraction with posterior chamber lens implant. Visual acuity 5 months after cataract surgery was 20/20.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Endophthalmitis / etiology*
  • Exotropia / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Strabismus / surgery*
  • Time Factors
  • Visual Acuity
  • Vitrectomy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents