Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.
This month we are going to discuss the use of intracameral antibiotics in the course of cataract surgery as a prophylaxis against endophthalmitis. Since the early 2000s, several large studies have shown the efficacy of this method, reporting a threefold to fivefold reduction in the risk of developing endophthalmitis. However, concerns remain, particularly in the U.S., where no FDA-approved