Researchers were unable to identify any predictive risk factors for endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy, according to a poster presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
Alexa R. Thibodeau, MD, and colleagues, conducted a retrospective chart review of all cases of endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy at the University of Michigan between January 2012 and December 2020. To be included, cases of acute postoperative endophthalmitis must have been diagnosed following pars plana vitrectomy, conducted either as a solo or combination procedure, researchers