Conjunctival necrosis following intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1027-1028

  Srinivasan, Sathish ^a,b   Prasad, Somdutt ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctival necrosis; Intravitreal injection; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EXOCIN; OFLOXACIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHEATHOTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL NECROSIS; EYE SURGERY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; VITRECTOMY;

CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TRIAMCINOLONE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 28044471221     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000159754.05736.8c     Document Type: Article

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