Research Article
Incidence and Risk Factors of Intraocular Foreign Body-Related Endophthalmitis in Southern China
Table 1
Comparison of study participants with and without endophthalmitis.
| | Characteristics | Total () | Endophthalmitis () | Nonendophthalmitis () | value |
| | Age, years | 31.7 ± 12.5 | 33.2 ± 13.9 | 31.4 ± 12.2 | 0.02 | | Gender, female | 134 (7.88%) | 20 (7.17%) | 114 (8.02%) | 0.63 | | No. of IOFBs | 0.74 | | 1 | 1559 (91.7%) | 259 (92.8%) | 1300 (91.4%) | | | 2 | 92 (5.41%) | 13 (4.66%) | 79 (5.56%) | | ≥3 | 50 (2.94%) | 7 (2.51%) | 43 (3.02%) | | Timing of primary repair | 0.25 | | ≤24 h | 950 (55.9%) | 147 (52.7%) | 803 (56.5%) | | | >24 h | 751 (44.1%) | 132 (47.3%) | 619 (43.5%) | | Site of laceration | 0.20 | | Cornea | 1145 (67.3%) | 200 (71.7%) | 945 (66.5%) | | | Sclera | 361 (21.2%) | 49 (17.6%) | 312 (21.9%) | | Corneosclera | 195 (11.5%) | 30 (10.7%) | 165 (11.6%) | | IOFB location | 0.004 | | Wall of eyeball | 115 (6.76%) | 11 (3.94%) | 104 (7.31%) | | | Anterior chamber | 170 (9.99%) | 30 (10.8%) | 140 (9.85%) | | Crystalline lens | 64 (3.76%) | 2 (0.72%) | 62 (4.36%) | | Vitreous cavity | 1263 (74.3%) | 225 (80.7%) | 1038 (73.0%) | | Perforation | 89 (5.23%) | 11 (3.94%) | 78 (5.49%) | | Material of IOFB | 0.008 | | Metal | 1335 (78.5%) | 218 (78.1%) | 1117 (78.6%) | | | Glass/plastic | 76 (4.47%) | 4 (1.43%) | 72 (5.06%) | | Eyelash | 60 (3.53%) | 11 (3.94%) | 49 (3.45) | | Plant | 26 (1.53%) | 7 (2.51%) | 19 (1.34%) | | Other | 182 (10.7%) | 31 (11.1%) | 151 (10.62) | | Coexistence | 22 (1.29%) | 8 (2.87%) | 14 (0.98%) | | Maximum size of IOFB | 0.55 | | <3 | 583 (38.0%) | 91 (35.3%) | 492 (38.5%) | | | ≥3 to 5 | 448 (29.1%) | 79 (30.6%) | 369 (28.9%) | | >5 to 10 | 325 (21.2%) | 61 (23.6%) | 264 (20.7%) | | >10 | 180 (11.7%) | 27 (10.5%) | 153 (12.0%) |
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IOFB: intraocular foreign body.
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