Orbital cellulitis following cataract surgery

Vidushi Sharma; Ross Benger; Alfred W. Wechsler; Greg Kaufman; Grosvenor C T Burfitt-Williams

doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01046.x

Orbital cellulitis following cataract surgery

Vidushi Sharma^*, Ross Benger, Alfred W. Wechsler, Greg Kaufman, Grosvenor C T Burfitt-Williams

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Abstract

Orbital cellulitis is an extremely uncommon complication following cataract surgery. Herein, a patient who developed orbital cellulitis less than 24 h after undergoing cataract surgery is described. She responded well to systemic antibiotic treatment and ultimately achieved good visual acuity in the affected eye. The most likely mode of pathogen entry in such cases is considered to be the anaesthetic block given before the cataract surgery. It has been suggested that a careful skin antiseptic preparation before the block is given could prevent this occurrence, but such a preparation did not do so in our case.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	434-435
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01046.x
Publication status	Published - Aug 2005

Keywords

Cataract surgery
Orbital cellulitis
Peribulbar block
Phacoemulsification

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