Endophthalmitis after Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy

✍ Scribed by G. H. G. Neuteboom; W. A. E. J. Vries-Knoppert

• Book ID: 104645796
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 193 KB
• Volume: 70
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0012-4486
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00154450

✦ Synopsis

A 63-year-old patient underwent a Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy, 5 months after an extracapsular cataract extraction. One day later endophthalmitis had developed. Staphylococcus epidermidis was cultured from the vitreous. We assume that this micro-organism, a pathogen of low virulence, had been sequestered in the capsular bag and was released into the vitreous after Nd:YAG capsulotomy.