A Cochrane Review sought to evaluate the effects of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis for<unk>  following cataract surgery. The review showed high-certainty evidence that antibiotic injections in the eye with cefuroxime at the end of surgery lowers the chance of<unk> . Also, the review showed moderate evidence that antibiotic eye drops (levofloxacin or chloramphenicol) with antibiotic injections (cefuroxime or penicillin) probably lowers the chance of<unk>  compared with injections or eye drops alone. Separate studies from the research showed that a periocular injection of penicillin with chloramphenicol-suphadimidine eye drops, and an intracameral cefuroxime injection with topical levofloxacin resulted in a risk reduction of developing<unk>  following cataract surgery for subjects. In the case of intravitreal injections, however, antibiotics are not effective. Studies have demonstrated no difference between rates of infection with and without antibiotics when intravitreal injections are performed. The only consistent method of antibioprophylaxis in this instance is a solution of povidone-iodine applied pre-injection.
Endophthalmitis
Panophthalmitis
Chorioretinitis
Optic neuritis
Sympathetic ophthalmia
Toxoplasmic chorioretinitis
Ocular ischemic syndrome
Optic papillitis