DR. VEDANT RAJORIYA

DR.MEHUL SHAH, DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR.BHUMI CHANDARANA

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:WE REPORT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL,CLINICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS COMPARING TRAUMATIC AND NON TRAUMATIC ETIOLOGIES.

METHODS:RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF EMR OF 114 PATIENTS,SEEN BETWEEN JAN08 TO AUG22.ALL PATIENTS TREATED WITH INTRAVITREAL INJECTION AND THEN UNDERGONE PARSPLANA VITRECTOMY WITH INTRAOCULAR ANTIBIOTICS.

RESULTS:OUR COHORT CONSISTS OF 114 PATIENTS.53.5%PATIENTS HAD NON TRAUMATIC AND 46.3%HAD POST-TRAUMATIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS.MALE PREDOMINANCE WAS OBSERVED.SIGNIFICANTLY YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS CONSTITUTED POST TRAUMATIC GROUP.BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY (BCVA) AT PRESENTATION <1/60 IN 94.2% OF THE PATIENTS.POST TREATMENT BCVA IMPROVED 6/60 IN 23.68% AND> 6/24 IN15.7 %EYES.20.2% HAD NO LIGHT PERCEPTION WE DIDN’T FIND SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN VISUAL OUTCOME(P=0.27)ACCORDING TO ETIOLOGIES.

CONCLUSION:INFECTIOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS HAS SIGHT THREATENING COMPLICATIONS.AGGRESSIVE AND PROMPT TREATMENT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN VISION.