Surgical-glove-related diffuse lamellar keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis. Long-term outcomes

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1702-1709

  Lazaro, Carlos ^a   Perea, Jose ^a   Arias, Alfonso ^a  

^a Hospital Provincial de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL GLOVE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33748934551     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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