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ESCRS EUROTIMES
MARCH EDITION 2006


Peter Barry
FRCSI, FRCOphth
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ESCRS study on antibiotic prophylaxis of endophthalmitis yields positive result
Peter Barry, FRCSI, FRCOphth

THE European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons have halted
recruitment to their two year clinical trial of antibiotic prophlyaxis
of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. The study has found that the risk of contracting endophthalmitis following phacoemulsification cataract surgery is significantly reduced by an intracameral injection of cefuroxime at the end of the surgery.

  
FROM THE EDITORS
Emanuel Rosen, FRCS, FRCOphth

The news (reported on this page) that the ESCRS has halted recruitment on the antibiotic prophylaxis of endophthalmitis study because of a beneficial result is a landmark event in the history of the ESCRS.This study proves that the injection of intracameral cefuroxime after cataract surgery reduces by five fold the occurrence of this rare but often devastating complication....
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