TY - JOUR JO - Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica SN - 0023-2157 VL - 118 IS - 4 PY - 2016 ID - Grabska-Liberek2016 TI - Perioperative endophthalmitis prevention in cataract surgery in Mazovia and Greater Poland in 2013 and 2014 AB - Aim : This is the first overview of practice patterns in endophthalmitis prevention after cataract surgery in Poland. Material and methods : The study is based on a survey carried out in 33 centres performing cataract surgery in two provinces of Poland (a total of 8.8 million inhabitants, i.e. 23% of the entire country population). Approximately 39.000 cataract surgery procedures are performed in these regions annually, i.e. 20% of all cataract surgery procedures in Poland. The questionnaire-based survey focused on the following aspects: duration of preoperative antibiotic treatment, type of antiseptics, intraoperative administration of antibiotics and duration of postoperative antibiotic treatment. Results : All surveyed centres use povidone-iodine as antiseptic on the periocular skin and conjunctival sac, and perioperative topical antibiotics are adopted by most. Intracameral cefuroxime is increasingly used in endophthalmitis prevention. Conclusion : The methods of endophthalmitis prevention vary widely between ophthalmology departments and clinics in Poland, there is no scientific rationale for most preventive measures used and a further debate is needed among Polish ophthalmic surgeons on optimal practice patterns. AU - Grabska-Liberek, Iwona AU - Majszyk-Ionescu, Julita AU - Tesla, Piotr AU - Gaca-Wysocka, Magdalena AU - Grzybowski, Andrzej SP - 293 EP - 297 DA - 2016 DO - 10.5114/ko.2016.71742 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ko.2016.71742 ER -