title: Risk factors in endophthalmitis leading to evisceration or enucleation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with evisceration or enucleation in endophthalmitis cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was conducted of all cases of endophthalmitis in a single unit over a 10-year period. The cases were divided into two groups. The group 1 consisted of patients with endophthalmitis who underwent evisceration or enucleation. The group 2 included patients with endophthalmitis who recovered with intravitreal injection or vitrectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the 10-year study period, 86 patients with endophthalmitis were admitted for treatment. Evisceration or enucleation was undergone by 20 patients (23.2%) (Group 1); Group 2 consisted of 66 patients. Older age (P = 0.03), no light perception at presentation (P < 0.0001), endophthalmitis associated with corneal ulcer (P < 0.0001), and endogenous endophthalmitis (P = 0.048) were statistically significant factors associated with the need for evisceration or enucleation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents