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German and US investigators collaborated in a study of early vitrectomy to address endophthalmitis and reported that performing vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade to manage postoperative endophthalmitis led to a significant improvement in visual acuity (VA) and had a low complication rate. 1 Constance Weber, MD, was the first author from the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. The US researchers were from the John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. The investigators explained that early vitrectomy performed to treat endophthalmitis that develops postoperatively may improve VA outcomes and silicone oil used as a tamponade has potential benefits for managing endophthalmitis. In light of this, they conducted a study to evaluate the use of a silicone oil tamponade in the surgical management of endophthalmitis. The investigators retrospectively reviewed all study patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade for postsurgical endophthalmitis at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn between 2017 and 2021. They evaluated the preoperative data including the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at the time of the diagnosis, clinical findings, and symptoms. At each follow-up examination, they evaluated the BCVA and any complications. […]
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