Epidemiology of acute endophthalmitis after ophthalmological procedures, a national database description

2020

International audience; Purpose : Although rare, endophthalmitis is a severe complication of ophthalmological procedures. The incidence of endophthalmitis following cataract, glaucoma, vitreoretinal surgeries, and intravitreal injections has previously been described in large-scale studies, but no data is available on the proportion of causative procedures. We aimed to describe longitudinally the causes of endophthalmitis at a national scale using the French medico-administrative database.Methods : The SNIIRAM (French national inter-scheme insurance database) collects all data of medical expenditures and procedures performed in France. We extracted acute endophthalmitis occurring 42 days af…