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A CASE OF LATE PSEUDOMONAS OCULAR INFECTION FOLLOWING SCLERAL BUCKLING
Author(s) -
ROMEM M.,
ROMANO A.,
BENTOVIM T.,
STEIN R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1976.tb01271.x
Subject(s) - buckle , scleral buckle , scleral buckling , medicine , explant culture , silicone , surgery , ophthalmology , biology , chemistry , vitrectomy , visual acuity , materials science , composite material , biochemistry , organic chemistry , in vitro
Two and half years after a circling buckle operation in which two Supramid sutures and a solid silicone explant were employed, a Pseudomonas infection developed around the explant and progressed to the inner eye. Removal of all implanted foreign material and treatment with Rifamicin saved the eye. The relevant literature on infection following scleroplastic procedures is reviewed, and the pathogenesis of the late infections is discussed.