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Exclusion criteria included eyes that had intraocular surgery 42 days before or after and eyes in patients with a history of endophthalmitis within 12 months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>9\u2009744\u2009400 intraocular surgeries were performed among Medicare beneficiaries from 2016 to 2019. A 42-day postoperative endophthalmitis rate was 0.09%. Endophthalmitis rate by surgery type was 0.43% for corneal transplant, 0.36% for secondary intraocular lens (IOL), 0.24% for retina, 0.16% for glaucoma, 0.11% for cataract combined with other procedures and 0.08% for cataract surgeries alone. On multivariable analysis, the risk of endophthalmitis was increased for all intraocular surgery types when compared with cataract surgeries; adjusted OR (aOR) 5.30 (p&lt;0.01) for corneal transplant, aOR 4.50 (p&lt;0.01) for secondary IOL, aOR 3.00 (p&lt;0.01) for retina, aOR 1.93 (p&lt;0.01) for glaucoma, aOR 1.45 (p&lt;0.01) for combined cataract surgeries. Increased risk of developing endophthalmitis was associated with older age (\u226585\u2009vs 65\u201375 years: aOR 1.36; p&lt;0.01), male sex (aOR 1.20; p&lt;0.001) and greater Charlson Comorbidity Index (\u22657 vs 0: aOR 1.79; p&lt;0.01).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Postoperative endophthalmitis rate after intraocular surgeries was 0.09% between 2016 and 2019 for Medicare beneficiaries. Endophthalmitis rates were highest for corneal transplant surgeries followed by secondary IOL surgeries and lowest for cataract surgeries. 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