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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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Year : 2013 | Volume
: 61
| Issue : 1 | Page : 40 |
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Authors' reply
M Ashok Kumar1, Sheen S Kurien1, Stephen Selvaraj2, Uma Devi2, S Sevasundari1
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India 2 Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
Date of Web Publication | 26-Dec-2012 |
Correspondence Address: M Ashok Kumar Department of Ophthalmology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillayarkupam, Puducherry India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
How to cite this article: Kumar M A, Kurien SS, Selvaraj S, Devi U, Sevasundari S. Authors' reply. Indian J Ophthalmol 2013;61:40 |
Sir,
We thank the authors for their interest in our study. Side port is routinely used by us for capsulorhexis as well as for aspiration of sub incisional cortex (which is a routine practice by many surgeons who perform manual small incision cataract surgery). Sub-conjunctival antibiotics and steroids is not a universal practice and simple apposition of reflected conjunctiva by gentle diathermy is done by us. Patching is a must for six hours and continuing beyond that is the surgeon's clinical decision. [1]
Comment on post-operative topical regimen is well suggested. But it does not alter the aim and conclusion of the study, which is about intra-operative bacterial contamination of anterior chamber and the comparison between well controlled diabetics and non-diabetics.
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1. | Guidelines to prevent intraocular infection. An initiative of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association. |
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