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Endophthalmitis rate after intravitreal injections comparable to rate after cataract surgery
BARCELONA — Data from the Swedish Macula Register showed steady growth of intravitreal injection volume over the last 7 years and a stable low incidence of endophthalmitis with a slight increase in 2014. “Between 2007 and 2014, we had 18,802 patients, 21,811 eyes, 304,401 visits and 145,747 treatments. Numbers have been growing steadily. Treatments were just over 2,000 in 2007 and nearly 36,000 in 2014,” Inger Westborg, MD, said at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting here.