Risk Factors Leading to Enucleation or Evisceration in Endophthalmitis

Purpose: To evaluate the risk factors associated with enucleation or evisceration in endophthalmitis patients. Methods: The medical records of endophthalmitis cases from January 1995 to July 2006 were reviewed retrospectively. The cases were divided into 2 groups, the enucleation/evisceration group (36 eyes of 36 patients) who underwent enucleation or evisceration and the intraocular procedures group (61 eyes of 60 patients) who received intravitreal antibiotics injection and/or vitrectomy. We analyzed these cases with respect to age, sex, initial visual acuity, causes of endophthalmitis, systemic disease, and causative organisms. Results: Older age (p=0.002), women (17/32, p=0.027), no light perception at presentation (33/37, p