Needle sterility during strabismus surgery

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-152

  Olitsky, Scott E ^a,b   Vilardo, Michael ^b   Awner, Steven ^a,b   Reynolds, James D ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CHILD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERILIZATION; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0032083369     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(98)90006-4     Document Type: Article

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