Table 2.

Analysis of the relationship between endophthalmitis and evisceration.

Survey item	Results
Endophthalmitis	Yes	No
n	88	733
%	11	89
Histopathologic investigation	Fungal endophthalmitis	Suppurative endophthalmitis
n	19	69
%	22	78
Pathogens culture	Yes	No
n	25	63
%	28	72
Interval	≤6 months	>6 months
Endophthalmitis, n (%)	68 (8)	20 (2)
Nonendophthalmitis, n (%)	204 (25)	529 (65)
		P < 0.001

Endophthalmitis cases showed significantly higher proportion of evisceration in less than six months (P < 0.05), indicating that endophthalmitis is a risk for early evisceration.