Abstract

INTRODUCTION: POST-TRAUMATIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS INVOLVES INFECTION OF THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SEGMENTS OF THE EYE AFTER A TRAUMATIC OPEN GLOBE INJURY.
METHOD: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A COHORT CREATION OF FORMAT AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA FROM EMR AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS TABULATION METHOD USED FOR ANALYSES. P VALUE <0.05 CONSIDERED STASTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
RESULT: OUR COHORT INCLUDED 18 EYES OUT OF WHICH 50% M:F.MEAN AGE 8.38+/-4.5 YEARS.SURGICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED IN 13 EYES. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOUND IN SURGICAL INTERVENTION(P=0.4). NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH NO. OF INJECTION(P=0.89) AND OBJECT OF INJURY(P=0.286). 35.9% EYES REGAINED >6/60 VISION. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND IN VISUAL OUTCOME PRE AND POST TREATMENT(P=0.05).
CONCLUSION: WE FOUND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VISUAL OUTCOME PRE AND POST TREATMENT IN PAEDIATRIC AGE GROUP OF TRAUMATIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS PATIENTS.