Impact of topical moxifloxacin prophylaxis and povidone iodine on conjunctival bacterial flora in patients receiving intravitreal injections in a tertiary healthcare center in India.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of 3 days of topical moxifloxacin in combination with povidone-iodine (PVI) versus moxifloxacin/PVI alone in eliminating conjunctival bacterial flora in patients scheduled to undergo intravitreal injections (IVI).

Patients And Methods: A prospective randomized comparative study in which 120 patients scheduled to undergo IVI at a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi were selected. Study patients were randomized into two groups.

Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: a review of literature with clinical update on current management practices.

Purpose: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy is a major cause of visual disability in a vast majority of Asian population due to exudative maculopathy. Although it is a distinctive disease entity with characteristic pathophysiology, genetics, immunology and clinical features, but it is still misdiagnosed as neovascular age related macular degeneration as both the diseases are a part of pachychoroid spectrum and have some similar features. Also, there are varied options for the management of this disease, but there are no clear recommendations.