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Risk factors of acute endophthalmitis after cataract extraction: a case-control study in Asian eyes
1Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore. ophwty@nus.edu.sg
Aim:
To describe risk factors of acute endophthalmitis after cataract extraction in an Asian population.
Methods:
A retrospective, case-control study. Cases (n = 34) were patients with acute endophthalmitis presenting within 6 weeks after cataract surgery. Three controls per case (n = 102) were randomly selected from the cataract surgery list matched on the date of operation of cases.
Results:
Few risk factors were identified. In multivariable analysis, endophthalmitis was associated with silicone intraocular lens (odds ratio 5.1, 95% confidence intervals, 1.2 to 21.6, compared to poly(methylmethacrylate) lens) and posterior capsular rupture during surgery (odds ratio 20.9, 95% confidence intervals 2.3 to 187.9).
Conclusion:
Silicone intraocular lens and rupture of the posterior capsule are risk factors of acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.
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