Ocular surface fluid contamination of sutureless 25-gauge vitrectomy incisions

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-557

  Singh, Ajay ^a   Chen, Julie A ^a   Stewart, Jay M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

25 gauge vitrectomy; Endophthalmitis; Sutureless; Transconjunctival

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CADAVER; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VITRECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

BODY FLUIDS; CARBON; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; INK; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSURGERY; SCLERA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 42549129421     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31816690d4     Document Type: Article

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