Infection after blepharoplasty with and without carbon dioxide laser resurfacing

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1430-1432

  Carter, Susan R ^a,f   Stewart, Jay M ^a   Khan, Jemshed ^b   Archer, Kathleen F ^c   Holds, John B ^d   Seiff, Stuart R ^a   Dailey, Roger A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INFECTION; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0037478894     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00447-0     Document Type: Article

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