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Forget Antibiotics For Intravitreal Injection

Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On September 20, 2012 @ 6:26 am In Macular Degeneration | Comments Disabled

Ophthalmology: Here’s an important study. It showed that endophthalmitis was very rare after intravitreal injection, and curiously, it was slightly higher in those who received topical antibiotics. I suppose the rarity of the event can create weird numbers. Anyway, I stopped using antibiotics- I only apply Betadine to the skin and in the conjunctival cul-de-sac.

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