Primary implant placement with evisceration in patients with endophthalmitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1661-1664

  Dresner, Steven C ^a,c   Karesh, James W ^b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EVISCERATION; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033756166     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00262-1     Document Type: Article

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