Adherence to European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery Recommendations among Italian Cataract Surgeons: A Survey

Purpose To survey the surgical routines with regards to prophylactic strategies in a sample of Italian hospitals and compare these with European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) guidelines. Methods Six private and 18 public hospitals were included in this clinical-based retrospect...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of ophthalmology 2016-09, Vol.26 (5), p.398-404
Hauptverfasser: Grosso, Andrea, Pertile, Grazia, Marchini, Giorgio, Scarpa, Giuseppe, Ceruti, Piero, Prigione, Guido, Romano, Mario R., Bert, Fabrizio, Gili, Renata, Panico, Claudio, Siliquini, Roberta, Engelbert, Michael
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose To survey the surgical routines with regards to prophylactic strategies in a sample of Italian hospitals and compare these with European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) guidelines. Methods Six private and 18 public hospitals were included in this clinical-based retrospective study. The overall volume of cataract operations in the 24 centers in 2013 was 43,553. Main outcome measure was incidence of endophthalmitis per 1,000. An incidence of less than 0.13% was considered acceptable. Results Our study provides the first Italian data on the use of intracameral antibiotics in cataract surgery as recommended by the ESCRS. Thirteen centers (54%) used intracameral cefuroxime at the end of surgery. Of the 13 centers that used cefuroxime, 8 (62%) had an incidence of endophthalmitis less than 0.13%. Of the 7 (29%) centers that did not use intracameral cefuroxime, all had an endophthalmitis rate of greater than 0.13%. This difference was statistically significant (p
ISSN:1120-6721
1724-6016
DOI:10.5301/ejo.5000738