Table 3.
Risks for complications and interventions: 2009-2014. Analysis of risk factors and causative organisms for (A) Corneal perforation and (B) Acute surgical intervention.
| Odds Ratio | Confidence Interval (95%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N=318 | Lower | Upper | |
| Risk Factors | |||
| Steroid Use | 2.34 | 0.49 | 11.24 | 
| Trauma | 1.84 | 0.73 | 4.66 | 
| Ocular Surface Disease | 1.02 | 0.39 | 2.66 | 
| Contact Lens Wear | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.62 | 
| Causative Organism | |||
| Fungal | 3.16 | 1.18 | 8.48 | 
| S. aureus | 2.80 | 1.09 | 7.15 | 
| Gram (+) | 2.43 | 1.06 | 5.59 | 
| Bacterial | 1.91 | 0.89 | 4.11 | 
| P. aeruginosa | 0.71 | 0.16 | 3.16 | 
| Keratoplasty | Enucleation/Evisceration | ||||||
| Odds Ratio | Confidence Interval (95%) | Odds Ratio | Confidence Interval (95%) | ||||
| N = 318 | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||
| Risk Factors | |||||||
| Steroid Use | 2.94 | 0.60 | 14.34 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Ocular Surface Disease | 1.87 | 0.71 | 4.92 | 1.79 | 0.51 | 6.29 | |
| Trauma | 1.14 | 0.37 | 3.58 | 0.94 | 0.20 | 4.48 | |
| Contact Lens Wear | 0.48 | 0.17 | 1.37 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Causative Organism | |||||||
| Fungal | 3.82 | 1.30 | 11.26 | 0.75 | 0.10 | 5.87 | |
| P. aeruginosa | 1.88 | 0.51 | 6.88 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 4.61 | |
| S. aureus | 1.42 | 0.39 | 5.14 | 3.53 | 1.14 | 10.86 | |
| Bacterial | 1.20 | 0.50 | 2.85 | 4.54 | 1.27 | 16.22 | |
| Gram (+) | 1.07 | 0.37 | 3.14 | 3.52 | 1.24 | 10.02 | |