Research Article
Long-Term Effect of Silicone Oil Tamponade for Postoperative and Posttraumatic Bacterial Endophthalmitis
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of cases with exogenous endophthalmitis.
| | Characteristics | Value |
| | Sex, n (%) | | | Male | 38 (66.7%) | | Female | 19 (33.3%) | | Age, years | 60.7 ± 18.4 | | Time from sign of endophthalmitis to surgery, days (range) | 1.9 ± 2.5 (0–14) | | Mean follow-up periods, months (range) | 120.8 ± 67.4 (12.6–230.6) | | Cause of endophthalmitis, n (%) | | | Posttraumatic | 2 (3.5%) | | Globe rupture | 6 (10.5%) | | Penetrating corneal injury | 7 (12.3%) | | Intraocular foreign body | | | Postoperative | | | Cataract surgery | 31 (54.3%) | | Glaucoma surgery | 6 (10.5%) | | Vitreoretinal surgery | 4 (7.0%) | | Intravitreal injection | 1 (1.8%) | | Lens status, n (%) | | | Phakia | 18 (31.5%) | | Pseudophakia | 39 (68.5%) | | Sclerotomy size, n (%) | | | 20-gauge | 21 (36.8%) | | 23-gauge | 36 (63.2%) | | Removal of lens and capsule, n (%) | 31 (54.4%) | | Additional surgery after initial vitrectomy, n (%) | 13 (22.8%) | | Intravitreal injection | 8 (14.0%) | | Anterior chamber irrigation | 5 (8.8%) | | Prognosis, n (%) | | | Silicone oil removal surgery | 38 (66.7%) | | Silicone oil retention eye | 17 (29.8%) | | Enucleation surgery | 2 (3.5%) |
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Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviations.
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