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Surgeons debate choices for preventing infection after cataract surgery
Prophylactic regimens for preventing infection after cataract surgery are effective, but choosing among the increasing number and combinations of washes, drops and injections is becoming more and more a matter of physician preference and physician debate.Variations in surgical technique, variations in bacteria type and prevalence, variations in patient health and risk factors, and variations in medical management all play a role when choosing prophylactic measures. Establishing a control group to compare protocol effectiveness is difficult because of these variations.