Re: Haripriya et al.: Endophthalmitis reduction with intracameral moxifloxacin prophylaxis: an analysis of 600 000 surgeries (Ophthalmology. 2017;124:768-775)

This study had no standardized protocol and included 10 different hospitals. Although the sample size is impressive, the study is necessarily limited by its retrospective design. Clearly, the highest level of evidence comes from prospectiv e randomized clinical trials.2

http://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(17)30459-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Source: Ophthalmology - September 19, 2017 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Nidhi Relhan, Stephen G. Schwartz, Andrzej Grzybowski, Harry W. Flynn Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research