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由MWenzel著作·2000—Ifthefelloweyehashadnocataractsurgery(n=13),celldensitywas3110/mm2(+/-750).Hypopyon-iritisaftercataract-surgerydidnotdecreaseendothelial ...

Introduction: Since the first reports of specular microscopic photographs in vivo of the corneal endothelium, endophthalmitis is said to damage endothelial cells irreversibly.

Patients and method: We controlled 29 eyes 1 to 10 years after endophthalmitis following cataract surgery using specular microscopy. We tried to find out, if endophthalmitis leads to significant endothelial damage and we wanted to describe the in-vivo-cytological follow-up of the implanted lenses.

Results: Endothelial cell-density of the eyes with endophthalmitis (n = 29) was 2733/mm2 (+/- 680). In those eyes receiving cataract-surgery without endophthalmitis in the fellow eye (n = 14), the endothelial density was 2851/mm2 (+/- 360). If the fellow eye has had no cataract surgery (n = 13), cell density was 3110/mm2 (+/- 750). Hypopyon-iritis after cataract-surgery did not decrease endothelial cell count signifi...