A comparison of endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction in a socio-economically deprived environment: A retrospective analysis of 2446 patients

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 395-400

  Kalpadakis, P ^a   Tsinopoulos, I ^b   Rudolph, G ^a   Schebitz, K ^a   Froehlich, S J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b General Hospital of Komotini   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE); Phacoemulsification; Postoperative endophthalmitis; Social and economic standard of living

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036760538     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210201200509     Document Type: Article

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