Prospective comparative evaluation of povidone-iodine (10% for 5 minutes versus 5% for 1 minute) as prophylaxis for ophthalmic surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-172

  Ta, Christopher N ^a   Singh, Kuldev ^a   Egbert, Peter R ^a   de Kaspar, Herminia Mino ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; ORBIT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349128475     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.08.035     Document Type: Letter

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