DELAYED INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL WITHOUT ENDOPHTHALMITIS DURlNG OPERATIONS IRAQI FREEDOM AND ENDURING FREEDOM

摘要

Seventy-nine eyes of 70 US military soldiers who sustained IOFB injuries were analyzed for this study. The principal procedure performed was a 20-gauge 3-port vitrectomy with IOFB removal through limbal or pars plana incision. The most common systemic antibiotic administered was levofloxacin; the most common topical antibiotic administered was moxifloxacin.