AIM: To evaluate the effects of intracameral cefuroxime injection on the prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgeries, and compare endophthalmitis conditions between intracameral cefuroxime injection group and no intervention control group, using Meta analysis to search literatures at home and abroad.

METHODS:By searching through Pubmed, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, QVIP, CNKI, Wanfang, the literatures published from January 1^st 2006 to January 31^rd 2015 were collected. The data in five literatures about the effects of intracameral cefuroxime injection on the prophylaxis of endophthalmitis after cataract surgeries were analyzed. By extracting data, incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgeries with taking the preventive measures or not taking was compared by Review Manager 5.2. Adopting fixed effect model, values of odds ratio(OR)and 95% Confidence Interval(95%CI)were recorded and compared, analyzed sensitivity analysis, excluded heterogeneity and calculated outcomes.

RESULTS: After comparing the incidence of endophthalmitis from intracameral cefuroxime injection group and control group, the result was statistically significant \〖OR=0.11(P<0.01); 95% CI: 0.07～0.18\〗.

CONCLUSION:Intracameral cefuroxime injection can effectively decrease the occurrence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgeries.