Heparinised intraocular infusion and bacterial contamination in cataract surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 949-952

  Manners, T D ^a   Turner, D P J ^a   Galloway, P H ^a   Glenn, A M ^a  

^a WEST NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030817767     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.11.949     Document Type: Article

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