Abstract

Endophthalmitis is still the major post operative complication of ocular surgery. Most commoncause for endophthalmitis to develop after ocular surgery is the inhabitant microbial flora ofconjunctiva and periocular tissue. This study was conducted with the aim to assess the effectof prophylactic intracameral moxifloacin on incidence of endophthalmitis in high volume surgerysetup. Patient were divided into two groups, group 1 which didn’t received intracameralmoxifloxacin at the end of surgery and group 2 which received prophylactic intracameralmoxifloxacin at the end of surgery. We have achieved zero incidences of endophthalmitis withintracameral moxifloxacin. Our findings consolidate the view that use of intracameral antibioticsdecreases the rate of enopthalmitis.

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