title: Incidence and risk factors for chronic uveitis following cataract surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the incidence of and associated risk factors for uveitis after cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 17,757 eyes were identified and records of 42 eyes that developed uveitis and 2320 eyes that did not were reviewed. Postsurgical uveitis was defined as persistent inflammation for ≥ 6 months after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two eyes of 35 patients developed uveitis (0.24%). Eleven patients underwent consecutive cataract surgery but developed unilateral uveitis, and intraoperative complications occurred in 55% of uveitic eyes compared to 0% in fellow eyes (p < 0.05). Median duration of inflammation was 8 and 11.5 months in eyes with and without vitrectomy (p < 0.05). Intraocular complications occurred in 44 and 8.3% of eyes that did and did not develop uveitis, respectively (p = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postsurgical uveitis developed after approximately 1 in 400 cataract surgeries and occurred more frequently in eyes experiencing intraoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Chirag
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Stephen Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chomsky
authors.forename: Mazeyar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saboori
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014605:Uveitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology