Antibiotic prophylaxis may have negative effect on safety of intravitreal injections

  • May 20, 2013

MILAN — A low rate of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF intravitreal injections can be achieved without the use of preoperative and postoperative antibiotics. Antibiotic prophylaxis might, in fact, have a negative impact on the safety of the procedure, according to a speaker here.

Alexander J. Brucker, MD, was awarded the Gian Battista Bietti SOI Medal Lecture 2013 at the annual joint meeting of Ocular Surgery News and the Italian Society of Ophthalmology.

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