Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries

Postoperative endophthalmitis is the most serious complications of ophthalmic surgeries. Conjunctival sac disinfection is currently recognized as an effectively important way to reduce the risk of endophthalmitis. At present, there are some disinfectants has been used in clinic or in the researches:...

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Main Authors: Yan-Fei Luo, Xi-Yuan Zhou
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Language:English
Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2016-01-01
Series:Guoji Yanke Zazhi
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Online Access:http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/1/201601018.pdf
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description Postoperative endophthalmitis is the most serious complications of ophthalmic surgeries. Conjunctival sac disinfection is currently recognized as an effectively important way to reduce the risk of endophthalmitis. At present, there are some disinfectants has been used in clinic or in the researches:mercury agent, gentamicin, povidone iodine and acid electrolytic water. All kinds of disinfectants play the role of disinfection by different ways. Povidone iodine is the most widely used conjunctival sac disinfectant. Mercurial and gentamicin have been rarely used because they pollute the environment, are easy to cause drug resistant bacteria, localized side reactions and so on. The acid electrolyte water is not used in clinic at present. With the popularization and development of the ophthalmic surgeries, the ophthalmologists have become more and more concerned about the postoperative eye comfort, the research and application of conjunctival sac disinfectant in the future will continue to be updated and developed.
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spelling doaj.art-82a8c9347eb34c3ba999cc367df3d11b2022-12-22T02:33:22ZengPress of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)Guoji Yanke Zazhi1672-51231672-51232016-01-01161717310.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2016.1.18Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeriesYan-Fei Luo0Xi-Yuan Zhou1Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, ChinaPostoperative endophthalmitis is the most serious complications of ophthalmic surgeries. Conjunctival sac disinfection is currently recognized as an effectively important way to reduce the risk of endophthalmitis. At present, there are some disinfectants has been used in clinic or in the researches:mercury agent, gentamicin, povidone iodine and acid electrolytic water. All kinds of disinfectants play the role of disinfection by different ways. Povidone iodine is the most widely used conjunctival sac disinfectant. Mercurial and gentamicin have been rarely used because they pollute the environment, are easy to cause drug resistant bacteria, localized side reactions and so on. The acid electrolyte water is not used in clinic at present. With the popularization and development of the ophthalmic surgeries, the ophthalmologists have become more and more concerned about the postoperative eye comfort, the research and application of conjunctival sac disinfectant in the future will continue to be updated and developed.http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/1/201601018.pdfconjunctival sac disinfectantsmercury agentgentamicinpovidone iodineacid electrolytic water
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Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
Guoji Yanke Zazhi
conjunctival sac disinfectants
mercury agent
gentamicin
povidone iodine
acid electrolytic water
title Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
title_full Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
title_fullStr Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
title_full_unstemmed Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
title_short Application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
title_sort application and study of conjunctival sac disinfectants in ophthalmic surgeries
topic conjunctival sac disinfectants
mercury agent
gentamicin
povidone iodine
acid electrolytic water
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