Risk factors of acute endophthalmitis after cataract extraction: A case-control study in Asian eyes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-31

  Wong, T Y ^a   Chee, S P ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SILICONES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0347755365     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.88.1.29     Document Type: Article

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