Primary vitrectomy with intraocular antibiotic application in postoperative endophthalmitis;Primäre Vitrektomie mit Intraokularer Antibiotikaapplikation bei Akuter Postoperativer Endophthalmitis

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 958-964

  Rehak, M ^a   Blatz, R ^b   Wiedemann, P ^a   Meier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Infektionsepidemiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Intravitreal administration of antibiotics; Pars plana vitrectomy; Systemic steroids; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549076616     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-007-1564-3     Document Type: Article

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