Risk factors in endophthalmitis leading to evisceration or enucleation
Tsai, Y.Y.; Tseng, S.H.
Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers 32(3): 208-212
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1082-3069 PMID: 11371087 Document Number: 528615
This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with evisceration or enucleation in endophthalmitis cases. A retrospective analysis was conducted of all cases of endophthalmitis in a single unit over a 10-year period. The cases were divided into two groups. The group 1 consisted of patients with endophthalmitis who underwent evisceration or enucleation. The group 2 included patients with endophthalmitis who recovered with intravitreal injection or vitrectomy. During the 10-year study period, 86 patients with endophthalmitis were admitted for treatment. Evisceration or enucleation was undergone by 20 patients (23.2%) (Group 1); Group 2 consisted of 66 patients. Older age (P = 0.03), no light perception at presentation (P < 0.0001), endophthalmitis associated with corneal ulcer (P < 0.0001), and endogenous endophthalmitis (P = 0.048) were statistically significant factors associated with the need for evisceration or enucleation.