Surgical glove-associated diffuse lamellar keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 699-704

  Hoffman, Richard S ^a,b   Fine, I Howard ^a   Packer, Mark ^a   Reynolds, Tony P ^b   Van Bebber, Cherie ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drs Fine Hoffman and Packer LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse lamellar keratitis; LASIK complications; Sands of the Sahara; Silicone oil; Surgical glove

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL GLOVE;

CORNEAL STROMA; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE OILS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 23044452933     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000154379.75119.ba     Document Type: Review

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