DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2019.v07i12.002

Pages: 462-466

Objectives: To compare clinical outcome of Pars Plana Vitrectomy (PPV) and Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Silicone oil tamponade in treatment of infectious endophthalmitis in terms of final Visual acuity. Material and methods: A hospital based prospective interventional study was conducted among 84 patients of infectious endophthalmitis who were randomly divided into two groups -Group A – Pars plana Vitrectomy alone (PPV group) and Group B - pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade (PPV+SOI group). Results: Significantly higher proportion of the cases were observed with visual acuity 6/60 & better LogMAR 1.0 in PPV+ SOI (N=42) group (76.19%) as compared to PPV alone (N=42) 47.62% (P=0.013). Cases with visual acuity 6/18 & better LogMAR 0.48, were more in PPV+ SOI (52.38%) group as compared to PPV alone group (16.67%) (P=0.001). Retinal Detachment were significantly present in PPV alone group 14.29%. Conclusion: Pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade (PPV + SOI) have significantly better final visual acuity as compared to Pars plana Vitrectomy alone (PPV).