Treatment of acute postoperative endophthalmitis: New aspects in an emergency situation;Therapie der Akuten Postoperativen Endophthalmitis: Aktuelle Aspekte in der Behandlung eines Medizinischen Notfalls

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 947-951

  Becker, M D ^a   MacKensen, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Prophylaxis; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549060695     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-007-1624-8     Document Type: Article

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