Case-control study of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery comparing scleral tunnel and clear corneal wounds

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 300-305

  Cooper, Blake A ^b   Holekamp, Nancy M ^a,b   Bohigian, George ^b   Thompson, Paul A ^b  

^a BARNES RETINA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; INCISION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041848365     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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