The purpose of this work is to report on the management of endophthalmitis in phakic eyes in which the crystalline lens was preserved.The current study is a noncomparative consecutive case series of patients who developed culture-proven endophthalmitis and were treated between January 1995 and June 2009. The study included only phakic patients whose infection was managed without removal of the crystalline lens. Using a computerized search of Microbiology Department records, patients were identified with phakic lens status and clinically diagnosed endophthalmitis.A total of 12 phakic eyes from 11 patients met the study criteria. The etiology of infection was endogenous (n = 6), postoperative (n = 5), and post-traumatic (n = 1). Pars plana vitrectomy and injection of intravitreal antimicrobials was performed in seven eyes (58

作者：Justin, Townsend；Avinash, Pathengay；Harry W, Flynn；Darlene, Miller

来源：Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2012 年 6卷