Prof. Dr.Mehul Shah

Dr.Shreya Shah, Dr. Deepak Tiwari, Dr.Arun Kumar

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: ENDOPHTHALMITIS IS AN INFLAMMATION OF BOTH THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CHAMBER COMPLICATED BY SYSTEMIC INFECTION, INTRAOCULAR SURGERY OR PENETRATING EYE TRAUMA.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY WAS DONE WITH THE CREATION OF FORMAT AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA FROM EMR AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS-TABULATION METHODS WERE USED FOR ANALYSES. P VALUE <0.05 CONSIDERED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
RESULTS: OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 114 CASES MEAN AGE OF PATIENTS WAS 45.44 YEARS ,FEMALE WERE 44(38.6%) AND MALE 70(61.4%). OUT OF 114 PATIENTS, 21 WERE OF THE PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP .49.1% WERE OF IATROGENIC ETIOLOGY,46.5% WERE OF TRAUMATIC ETIOLOGY AND 4.4% WERE DUE TO OTHER CAUSES. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND IN VISUAL OUTCOME IN ENDOPHTHALMITIS DUE TO DIFFERENT ETIOLOGIES(P= 0.841).
CONCLUSION: THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VISUAL OUTCOME IN ENDOPHTHALMITIS DUE TO DIFFERENT ETIOLOGIES(P= 0.841).