Epithelial Keratitis After Cataract Surgery.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To evaluate the incidence, related perioperative factors, clinical characteristics, and possible etiologies of epithelial keratitis after cataract surgery. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of 666 eyes in 666 patients who underwent cataract surgery was performed to evaluate the incidence of epithelial keratitis and related factors in the postoperative period. RESULTS:Postoperative epithelial keratitis developed in 15 eyes. Eleven of the 15 eyes were diagnosed with herpes simplex keratitis (HSK); 10 of the 11 eyes were diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction, and the remaining 1 eye by clinical diagnosis. All patients diagnosed with HSK had no previous clinical history of the infection before undergoing cataract surgery. Initially, the diagnosis of all 15 eyes was toxic keratitis,

SUBMITTER: Cho YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376864 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature