NEW YORK — A low rate of endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy can be achieved without the use of postoperative topical antibiotics, according to a study presented here.
“Topical postoperative antibiotics are recommended by the Microsurgical Safety Task Force (2010) among others. However, they have recently shown to reach effective levels in the aqueous but not in the vitreous humor,” Tahsin Z. Khundkar, MD, said at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting.
In addition, Abdhish R. Bhavsar presented at the 2020 Association for Research in Vision and