Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and vitrectomy features of patients with postvitrectomy endophthalmitis

Case number	Age (years)	Sex	Systemic disease	Study eye	Indication of vitrectomy	Gauge	Surgical time (min)	Tamponade	Sutured sclerotomy	Interval between surgery and endophthalmitis (days)
1	42	Female	DM	OS	TRD	23	101	SF6 20%	Yes	24
2	38	Male	BA	OS	RRD	23	240	SO 1000 cs	Yes	25
3	29	Male	DM	OD	CTRRD	23	120	SO 1000 cs	Yes	3
4	65	Female	DM, HTN, dyslipidemia	OS	VH	23	30	Air	Yes	4
5	2	Male	Knobloch syndrome	OD	RRD	23	135	SO 5000 cs	Yes	23

DM: Diabetes mellitus, HTN: Hypertension, BA: Bronchial asthma TRD: Tractional retinal detachment, RRD: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, VH: Vitreous hemorrhage, SF6: Sulfur hexafluoride, SO: Silicon oil, cs: Centistokes, CTRRD: Combined tractional/rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, OS: Oculus sinister, OD: Oculus dextrus