AUTHOR=Liu Chi , Xu Ke , Hu Ying , Zhuang Xiaotong , Fu Bo , Wang Lin , Jia Xinzhu , Xu Li 

TITLE=Vitrectomy using 0.025% povidone-iodine irrigation for treating post-traumatic endophthalmitis due to intraocular foreign bodies: Two case reports

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.988776

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2022.988776

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=Traumatic eye injury related endophthalmitis is a serious traumatic complication, and this threatens the vision of many patients worldwide. Herein, we presented two cases with traumatic endophthalmitis underwent 0.025% povidone-iodine treatment and hope to introduce the bactericidal effect of 0.025% povidone-iodine in Balanced Salt Solution PLUS (0.025% PI-BSS PLUS) and its use in vitrectomy for traumatic endophthalmitis. The 0.025% PI–BSS PLUS is bactericidal and nontoxic when used as irrigation solution in pars plana vitrectomy. In two cases of traumatic endophthalmitis, pars plana vitrectomy using 0.025% PI–BSS PLUS resolved endophthalmitis.