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Year : 2012  |  Volume : 60  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 223-225

A case of endophthalmitis associated with limbal relaxing incision


Department of Cataract and IOL, Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, 1, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Aravind Haripriya
Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, 1, Anna Nagar, Madurai - 625 020, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.95879

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Limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs) are considered a relatively safe procedure with rapid stabilization and absence of infectious complications. Do we need to readdress this last impression? We report a case of nocardia endophthalmitis associated with an exudate at the site of an LRI in a patient who underwent routine cataract surgery. This case, to the best of our knowledge, is the first report of its kind, stressing the need for a cautious approach to the adoption of this method of astigmatic correction.


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