The role of intraocular lenses in anterior chamber contamination during cataract surgery

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 721-724

  Assia, Ehud I ^a,b   Jubran, Romeo Z ^c   Solberg, Yoram ^b   Keller, Nathan ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Rivka Ziv Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYELID; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LENS IMPLANT; PERIOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031697937     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050148     Document Type: Article

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