Orbital abscess following uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 430-431

  Irvine, Fiona ^a   McNab, Alan A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Complications; Orbital abscess; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN;

ABSCESS; AGED; ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; ORBIT INFECTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUPIL DISEASE; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ABSCESS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALEXIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036910603     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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