A. Assalian et al., ANTERIOR-CHAMBER FLUID CONTAMINATION AFTER UNCOMPLICATED PHACOEMULSIFICATION, Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 21(5), 1995, pp. 539-542
This study determined the rate of anterior chamber aerobic bacterial c
ontamination in 103 eyes that had uncomplicated posterior chamber phac
oemulsification. Anterior chamber fluid was aspirated on completion of
surgery. Cultures of sterile balanced salt solution sewed as a contro
l. Of 103 anterior chamber cultures, 4 (3.9%) showed contamination; ho
wever, 3 of 103 control cultures (2.9%) also grew micro-organisms. The
se findings suggest a very low rate of aerobic bacterial contamination
after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and underscore the importance
of control cultures when determining contamination rates.