Corneal toxicity secondary to inadvertent use of benzalkonium chloride preserved viscoelastic material in cataract surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 299-305

  Eleftheriadis, H ^a   Cheong, M ^a   Sandeman, S ^a   Syam, P P ^a   Brittain, P ^a   Klintworth, G K ^a   Lloyd, A ^a   Liu, Christopher ^a  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MELANOSOME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEAL DISEASES; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLCELLULOSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036197659     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.3.299     Document Type: Article

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