Long-Term Effect of Silicone Oil Tamponade for Postoperative and Posttraumatic Bacterial Endophthalmitis

Table 2

Clinical outcomes between postoperative and posttraumatic groups.

	Postoperative	Posttraumatic	value
Microbial growth			0.019
Positive	26	4
Negative	16	11
Removal of lens and capsule			0.003
Yes	18	13
No	24	2
Additional surgery after initial vitrectomy			0.760
Yes	10	3
No	32	12
Postoperative status			0.635
Silicone oil removal surgery	26	12
Silicone oil retention eye	14	3
Enucleation/evisceration surgery	1	1

Data expressed as count and tested by the chi-square test; data expressed as count and tested by Fisher’s exact test; data expressed as count and tested by linear-by-linear association.