TY - JOUR
T1 - Change in Nationwide Incidence of Post-Cataract Surgery Endophthalmitis
T2 - Korean Cohort Study from 2002 to 2013
AU - Oh, Baek Lok
AU - Lee, Jeong Seok
AU - Lee, Hee Young
AU - Yu, Hyeong Gon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Purpose: To investigate the change in nationwide incidence of endophthalmitis following cataract surgery in Korea from 2002 to 2013. Methods: From a national sample cohort (n = 1 025 340), cases of postoperative endophthalmitis between 2002 and 2013 were identified. Results: From 70,719 cases of cataract surgery, 49 incidents of endophthalmitis were reported, yielding an incidence of 0.069% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.051–0.092%). Overall, the endophthalmitis incidence decreased from 0.103% in 2002–2005 to 0.045% in 2010–2013, corresponding to an annually decreasing time-trend (0.902, 95% CI, 0.827–0.984). In diabetic patients, however, the incidence was 0.128% and did not change (time trend, 1.015; 95% CI, 0.828–1.245). Conclusions: This study revealed the incidence of endophthalmitis decreased during a 12-year period, but remained constant in diabetic patients.
AB - Purpose: To investigate the change in nationwide incidence of endophthalmitis following cataract surgery in Korea from 2002 to 2013. Methods: From a national sample cohort (n = 1 025 340), cases of postoperative endophthalmitis between 2002 and 2013 were identified. Results: From 70,719 cases of cataract surgery, 49 incidents of endophthalmitis were reported, yielding an incidence of 0.069% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.051–0.092%). Overall, the endophthalmitis incidence decreased from 0.103% in 2002–2005 to 0.045% in 2010–2013, corresponding to an annually decreasing time-trend (0.902, 95% CI, 0.827–0.984). In diabetic patients, however, the incidence was 0.128% and did not change (time trend, 1.015; 95% CI, 0.828–1.245). Conclusions: This study revealed the incidence of endophthalmitis decreased during a 12-year period, but remained constant in diabetic patients.
KW - Cataract surgery
KW - diabetes mellitus
KW - endophthalmitis
KW - national health insurance service
KW - trend analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049149205&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09273948.2018.1484492
DO - 10.1080/09273948.2018.1484492
M3 - Article
C2 - 29953316
AN - SCOPUS:85049149205
SN - 0927-3948
VL - 27
SP - 756
EP - 761
JO - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
JF - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
IS - 5
ER -
