OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical course of a series of @entity1 who had late @entity3225 develop after @entity726 drainage implant (GDI) surgery. DESIGN: Noncomparative, interventional, consecutive case series. @entity1 : Four @entity1 were identified with late @entity3225 associated with @entity726 implants. METHODS: The medical records of all @entity1 with @entity3225 associated with a GDI treated at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute or University of Florida between January 1, 1987 and December 31, 1999 were retrospectively reviewed. @entity1 with culture-positive @entity3225 diagnosed more than 1 month after GDI surgery were included in this series. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Visual acuity and intraocular pressure (IOP). RESULTS: Late @entity3225 associated with @entity726 implants developed 7 weeks to 2 years postoperatively. Exposure of the GDI tube was present in all cases. The implant was removed in three of four @entity1 . Visual acuity worsened from preinfection level in two of four cases. IOP was controlled at last follow-up in all @entity1 , although replacement of the explanted GDI was required in one @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Late @entity3225 may occur after GDI surgery. Exposure of the GDI tube seems to represent a major risk factor for these infections. To prevent this potentially devastating complication, we recommend prophylactic surgical revision with a patch graft in all cases in which there is an exposed GDI tube.

Late @entity3225 associated with XXXX drainage implants.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity3225 :: ('MESH:D009877', 'Disease') :: ['endophthalmitis'] @entity726 :: ('MESH:D005901', 'Disease') :: ['Baerveldt glaucoma', 'glaucoma']
@entity726 :: (MESH:D005901,Disease) :: ['glaucoma']
