Key findings
Four weeks is how long most surgeons prescribe
NSAIDs (50%) or topical steroids (73%) to post-cataract
patients. Less than half of doctors (44%) administer
intraoperative anti-inflammatory agents as an injection
or in the irrigating bottle, and more than a third said they
never use them at the time of surgery.
Topical antibiotics are the most common form of
antibiotic prophylaxis among U.S. respondents (65%),
while intracameral injection was the top response
among non-U.S. physicians (56%).
Among those who use intracameral antibiotics, 75%
selected moxifloxacin or cefuroxime over other options,
which included vancomycin, gentamicin, levofloxacin,
and combinations. Nearly half of respondents (47%) do
not plan on administering intracameral antibiotics. The
most common reasons for not using intracameral
antibiotics are a lack of approved products, the risk
associated with compounding antibiotics, and not
being convinced of efficacy.
Inflammation/infection
10 • 2017 ASCRS Clinical Survey
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