PURPOSE: To evaluate anterior chamber (AC) bacterial contamination at the end of @entity231 surgery in a large series of @entity1 , to determine the influence of operative technique on ocular contamination. METHODS: Retrospective study of 2,624 @entity1 undergoing @entity231 extraction, 354 extracapsular @entity231 extraction (ECCE) and 2,270 phacoemulsification. Anterior chamber aspirates were performed on completion of surgery for microbiological studies. RESULTS: One hundred and thirty two @entity1 (5%) had culture-positive anterior chamber aspirates. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Propionibacterium sp. and Corynebacterium sp. were the most commonly isolated organisms. The AC contamination rates during ECCE (5.6%) and phacoemulsification (4.7%) were not statistically different. There was a statistically significantly higher risk of AC contamination in eyes receiving an intraocular lens (IOL) with @entity7502 haptics (9.9%) than in eyes receiving the same IOL with @entity4625 haptics (4.4%). CONCLUSION: Surgical technique had no statistically significant effect on ocular contamination. @entity7502 haptics IOLs were associated with a higher risk of bacterial contamination.

[Bacterial contamination: epidemiology in XXXX surgery].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity7502 :: ('MESH:D011126', 'Chemical') :: ['Polypropylene', 'polypropylene'] @entity4625 :: ('MESH:D019904', 'Chemical') :: ['polymethylmethacrylate'] @entity231 :: ('MESH:D002386', 'Disease') :: ['cataract']
@entity231 :: (MESH:D002386,Disease) :: ['cataract']
