DR. APEKSHA KATARIA

DR. RUHI GUNAY, DR. MEHUL SHAH, DR. SHREYA SHAH

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: ENDOPHTHALMITIS IS AN INFLAMMATION OF BOTH ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CHAMBER COMPLICATED BY SYSTEMIC INFECTION, INTRAOCULAR SURGERY OR PENETRATING EYE TRAUMA.

METHODS AND MATERIALS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY WAS DONE WITH CREATION OF FORMAT AND RETRIVAL OF DATA FROM EMR AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS TRBULATION METHOD USED FOR ANALYSES. P VALUE <0.05 CONSIDERED STASTICALLY 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 PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP .49.1% WERE OF IATROGENIC ETIOLOGY,46.5% WERE OF TRAUMATIC ETIOLOGY AND 4.4% 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).