Surgical techniques of cataract surgery and subsequent postoperative endophthalmitis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2005, Pages

  Trinavarat, Adisak ^a   Atchaneeyasakul, La Ongsri ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENUCLEATION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND;

EID: 31544439381     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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