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ArticleEye (London, England)2023

Surgical outcomes of orbital evisceration with primary orbital implant placement in patients with endophthalmitis.

Kenneth Ka Hei Lai, Alvin K H Au, Andrew K T Kuk, Alan Tsang, Jacqueline Hiu Ching Tai, Ting Wang, Simon T C Ko, Edwin Chan, Callie K L Ko

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Article in Eye (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenneth Ka Hei LaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 612khlai@gmail.com.
Alvin K H AuDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital Sha Tin, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Andrew K T KukDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Alan TsangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Jacqueline Hiu Ching TaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ting WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Simon T C KoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Edwin ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Callie K L KoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital · CNPrince of Wales Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study reports the surgical outcomes of evisceration with primary orbital implant placement in patients with endophthalmitis and analyses the association with implant exposure and extrusion.

methodsA retrospective, multicentre, Chinese cohort study. Review of medical records and orbital images of patients who underwent evisceration with primary orbital implant placement between January 2005 and January 2021.

resultsOut of 79 patients who underwent orbital evisceration with primary orbital implant placement, 26 (26 eyes) of them (male = 13) suffered from endophthalmitis. The duration from endophthalmitis diagnosis (19 = exogenous, 7 = endogenous) to evisceration was 9 standard deviation ± 5 (range: 1-15) days. The follow-up was 70 ± 46 (24-180) months after operation. The orbital implant size was 17 ± 3 (14-20) mm, and silicone was the most used material (69%, 18/26 of patients). The most frequent post-operative complication was orbital implant exposure (42%, 11/26), followed by orbital implant extrusion (12% 3/26) and ptosis (8%, 2/26). Implant exposure or extrusion was more commonly associated with endophthalmitis in comparison to non-endophthalmitis patients that required evisceration and primary orbital implant placement (54% versus 17%, P < 0.05). Univariate analysis showed single scleral closure technique (100% versus 58%, P < 0.05) and endogenous endophthalmitis (50% versus 0%, P < 0.05) were associated with implant exposure or extrusion, and only endogenous endophthalmitis was significant with multivariate analysis (P < 0.05).

conclusionsPrimary implant placement during evisceration should be avoided in eyes with endophthalmitis especially in those with an endogenous source, and double scleral closure technique may be a better alternative for primary orbital implant placement in infected eyes.

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EndophthalmitisOrbital ImplantsCohort StudiesEye EviscerationHumansMaleOrbit EviscerationRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcome

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PMID35739246
PMCPMC10170096
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