This column is the latest article in the ongoing series “I wish I hadn’t done that.” Past submissions can be read here.
Out of more than 2 million operations worldwide, there are fewer than 50 total reports of endophthalmitis occurring after ICL implantation.
Surely, though, there must be at least a handful of unreported cases. And here, I am going to share with you my case of endophthalmitis after ICL implantation, which occurred after my first-ever ICL (STAAR Surgical). The operation was years ago, but I remember like it was yesterday.
The patient was a young friend of mine,