Is there benefit for anterior chamber washouts for the treatment of infectious keratitis extending into the anterior chamber and when do you consider utilizing it?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Regarding bacterial infections, I have never felt the need to perform an anterior chamber washout, as vancomycin and tobramycin drops have good intraocular penetration. You do not want to go do a washout on a reactive hypopyon and many times it is hard to differentiate reactive hypopyon from an endo...