Visual recovery after the intraocular infections following eye trauma

The experience of the Ophthalmology Department from Cluj-Napoca (Romania) in treating posttraumatic endophthalmitis, expressed by the recovery of the visual acuity

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000961640

Enrollment

Registered

2014-09-09

Start date

2014-01-27

Completion date

2014-02-10

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Intraocular infections following trauma are severe conditions touching mainly young adults and can lead to permanent visual loss. The primary outcome of this study is to outline the importance of prompt intervention in this condition, by surgery and intraocular injections of antibiotics and steroids. The study presents our experience over a 5 year period. The outcomes are evaluated according to the vision, 6 months after treatment. The gravity of the lesions produced by trauma (e.g. retinal detachment) and the delayed intervention (more than 72 houts after trauma) were associated with worse outcomes.

Interventions

This is a retrospective study performed on all the consecutive cases of posttraumatic endophthalmitis that were treated in the same department over a 5-year period. Local treatment consisted in surgery (pars plana vitrectomy) associated with intraocular antibiotics (vancomycin 1 mg, ceftazidime 2.2.mg)and steroids (dexamethasone 0.4 mg). Each of the above mentioned drugs was administered just once, at the end of the surgery.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with posttraumatic endophthalmitis

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results