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?

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 a reactive hypopyon from an e...

When it comes to corneal infections, there is no evidence that an 'anterior chamber washout' and putting antibiotics in the AC does anything. In ophthalmology, we can 'carpet bomb' the cornea with antibiotics. Fungal infections and acanthamoeba are much harder to treat, but still not clear than doin...