Ingress of bacterial inoculum into the anterior chamber after bimanual and microcoaxial phacoemulsification in rabbits

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2129-2134

  Gajjar, Devarshi ^a   Praveen, Mamidipudi R ^a   Vasavada, Abhay R ^a   Pandita, Deepak ^a   Vasavada, Vaishali A ^a   Patel, Dhara B ^a   Johar, Kaid ^a   Raj, Shetal ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 36348929812     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.07.043     Document Type: Article

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