Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society  1993;34(11):1183-1187

Two Cases of Ischemic Retinopathy due to Intravitreal Gentamicin Toxicity after Vitrectomy.

Dal Jun CHUNG 1 ; Soo Hwan CHOI ; Shin Dong KIM

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Keywords

Endophthalmitis; Intravitreal injection of gentamicin; Ischemic retinopathy; Retinal toxicity; Vitrectomy

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Retinal toxicity secondary to intravitreal injection of gentamicin for the purpose of prophylaxis or treatment of endophthalmitis was reported infrequently and it was thought to be caused by an error in the intravitreal injection technique or by faulty dilution of gentamicin. After vitrecotomy, we experienced two cases of ischemic retinopathy secondary to intravitreal injection of gentamicin for prevention of endopthalmitist.