Incidence of Endophthalmitis after 20- and 25-Gauge Vitrectomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2133-2137

  Kunimoto, Derek Y ^a,b   Kaiser, Richard S ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RETINAL CONSULTANTS OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 36549012230     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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