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KMID : 0360220160570030420
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2016 Volume.57 No. 3 p.420 ~ p.428
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Analysis of Referred 113 Patients with Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery and Associated Prognostic Factors
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최성찬:Choi Seong-Chan
조한주:Cho Han-Joo/김형석:Kim Hyoung-Seok/한정일:Han Jung-Il/이동원:Lee Dong-Won/조성원:Cho Sung-Won/이태곤:Lee Tae-Gon/김철구:Kim Chul-Gu/김종우:Kim Jong-Woo
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Abstract
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Purpose: To evaluate factors affecting final visual acuity by analyzing patients referred with infectious endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.
Methods: A retrospective investigation of clinical notes of 113 patients referred with endophthalmitis following cataract surgery was conducted from January 2008 to December 2013. To evaluate factors affecting final visual acuity, initial visual acuity, onset of endophthalmitis after the cataract surgery, types of treatment, presence of hypopyon and culture results were investigated.
Results: Of the 113 patients, visual acuities at presentation were hand motions or less in 75 patients (66.3%) and final visual acuities after treatments were 0.5 or better in 73 patients (64.6%). Cases with initial visual acuity of hand motions or better achieved favorable outcomes whereas cases with gram-negative infection or endophthalmitis occurring within 2 days postoperatively showed poor prognosis. Statistically, vitrectomy versus intraocular antibiotic injection as primary means of treatment showed no differences in final visual acuity in patients with initial visual acuity of hand motion or better.
Conclusions: Visual acuities at presentation, type of cultured organism and onset of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery are significantly related to visual prognosis. Advantages of initial vitrectomy versus intraocular antibiotic injections were unclear and further investigations are necessary to clarify these issues.
J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2016;57(3):420-428
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KEYWORD
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Cataract surgery, Postoperative endophthalmitis, Prognostic factors, Visual acuity
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