Clear hydro-gel, compared to ointment, provides improved eye comfort after brief surgery

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-129

  Smolle, Michaela ^a   Keller, Christian ^a   Pinggera, Germar ^a   Deibl, Martina ^a   Rieder, Josef ^a   Lirk, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXPANTHENOL; EYE OINTMENT; LUBRICATING AGENT; OLEOVIT; RETINOL; VIDISIC;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOSTASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PROTECTION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 1842861994     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018770     Document Type: Article

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