Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection (Jan 2024)
Preoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Ophthalmology
Abstract
One of the first prophylaxis applications in the field of eye diseases was made by Dr. Crede in 1880. Dr Crede, an obstetrician and gynecologist, has used 2% silver nitrate in newborns against Neisseria gonorrhoea neonatal conjunctivitis. In surgery, wounds are divided into 4 groups: Clean: Surgical wounds Clean-contaminated: GIS, Urinary System, respiratory system surgical wounds Contaminated: Fresh trauma wounds Dirty: Late trauma wounds, presence of dead tissue, foreign body in the wound area Guidelines recommend antibiotic prophylaxis for clean and contaminated wounds. In case of implant placement, prophylaxis is also recommended for clean wounds. However, most of these approaches are in the form of antibiotic prophylaxis, which starts perioperatively and continues in the postoperative period.
