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Povidone-iodine may have led to decrease in postoperative endophthalmitis over 20 years
Preoperative povidone-iodine treatment may be a contributing factor in the decrease of postoperative endophthalmitis over a 20-year period, according to a study. Seventy-seven out of 68,323 patients (0.113%) who underwent intraocular surgeries at a single institution developed postoperative endophthalmitis in a 20-year period.