ESCRS study of prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Preliminary report of principal results from a European multicenter study

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-410

  Barry, Peter ^a   Seal, David V ^a   Gettinby, George ^a   Lees, Fiona ^a   Peterson, Magnus ^a   Revie, Crawford W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; EYE DROPS; LEVOFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EUROPE; EYE INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INJECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFUROXIME; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; OFLOXACIN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646690245     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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