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Abstract

■ Preoperatively, risk factors should be analyzed, for example, type of uveitis, course of inflammation, basic diagnostic workup and complications like cystoid macular edema.
■ At the time of surgery, the eye should have been completely quiet for approximately 2–3 months.
■ Preoperative prophylaxis includes maintenance therapy, under which the eye remains quiet until surgery, and additional anti-inflammatory treatment beginning approximately 1–2 weeks prior to surgery, systemic or topical corticosteroids.
■ Intraoperatively, intravenous methylprednisolone or intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide can be very effective in high-risk patients in preventing postoperative complications.
■ Postoperative treatment should include systemic and topical corticosteroids, depending on the preoperative and intraoperative situation.

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