Abstract

INTRODUCTION:POST TRAUMATIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS IS AN INFLAMMATION OF ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CHAMBER AFTER TRAUMA
METHODS AND MATERIALS:A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY WAS DONE WITH CREATION OF FORMAT AND RETRIVAL OF DATA FROM EMR AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS TRBULATION METHOD USED FOR ANALYSES. P VALUE <0.05 CONSIDERED STASTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
RESULTS: OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 56 CASES. MEAN AGE OF PATIENTS WAS 59.42 YEARS, 20(35.7%)FEMALES,36(64.3%)MALE.SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED IN 30(53.6%) EYES. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER (P=0.000). SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VISION WAS FOUND PRE POST TREATMENT(P=0.000).11(19.6%) EYES REGAINED VISION >6/60, 9(16.9%) EYES REMAINED NOPL.
CONCLUSION: ENDOPHTHALMITIS IS AN OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY.IT CARRIES DEVASTATING OUTCOME IF NOT RECOGNIZED AND TREATED PROMPTLY. PREVENTION,EARLY RECOGNITION, PROMPT MANAGEMENT AND CLOSE MONITORING CAN MINIMIZE SUCH OUTCOME