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Br J Ophthalmol 87:867-869 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.7.867
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A 10 year retrospective survey of cataract surgery and endophthalmitis in a single eye unit: injectable lenses lower the incidence of endophthalmitis

Table 1

The incidence of endophthalmitis according to the type of cataract surgery

Cataract surgery (n = 18191) Number of endophthalmitis cases (incidence) Number of acute endophthalmitis cases (incidence)
ECCE (6823) 21 (0.31%) 13 (0.19%)
All phaco (11368) 8 (0.07%) 8 (0.07%)
Phaco and folded lens (412) 5 (1.21%) 4 (0.97%)
Phaco and injected lens (10815) 3 (0.028%) 3 (0.028%)

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