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Observational studyMedicine2017

Relationship between anesthesia and postoperative endophthalmitis: A retrospective study.

Hou-Chuan Lai, Wei-Cheng Tseng, Shu-I Pao, Chih-Shung Wong, Ren-Chih Huang, Wei-Hung Chan, Zhi-Fu Wu

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Observational study in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hou-Chuan LaiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Department of Anesthesiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Wei-Cheng Tseng
Shu-I Pao
Chih-Shung Wong
Ren-Chih Huang
Wei-Hung Chan
Zhi-Fu Wu
Tri-Service General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous study showed that patients under general anesthesia (GA) had nasopharyngeal secretions on the face at the end of ocular surgery, especially in propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA), it might induce postoperative endophthalmitis. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to compare the incidence of endophthalmitis after ocular surgery under topical, inhalation anesthesia, and propofol-based TIVA in our medical center from 2011 to 2015.A total of 21,032 patients were included, and we evaluated epidemiologic factors, systemic diseases, other ocular pathologic characteristics, complications during the surgery, technique of ocular surgery, method of antibiotic prophylaxis, vitreous culture, and vision outcome in these patients.Fifteen endophthalmitis cases among 21,032 operations reported, equaling an incidence of 0.071%. The incidence rates under topical, inhalation anesthesia, and propofol-based TIVA were 0.083%, 0.039%, and 0%, respectively (P = 0.39). Moreover, the risk of endophthalmitis under GA (0.024%) was significantly lower than topical anesthesia (0.083%) (P < 0.001). We also found that elder was the risk factor for endophthalmitis following ocular surgery.In conclusion, propofol-based TIVA or inhalation anesthesia did not increase the risk of endophthalmitis after ocular surgery. Thus, GA was not a risk factor for postoperative endophthalmitis. By contrast, elder was the risk factor for postoperative endophthalmitis.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAnesthesiaAnesthesia, InhalationAnesthesia, IntravenousAnesthetics, LocalAntibiotic ProphylaxisEndophthalmitisEye InfectionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOphthalmologic Surgical ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsAnesthetics, LocalPropofol

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