Postoperative povidone-iodine prophylaxis in strabismus surgery

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-400

  Koederitz, N Marie ^a   Neely, Daniel E ^a   Plager, David A ^a,b   Boehmer, Blair ^a   Ofner, Susan ^a   Sprunger, Derek T ^a,b   Sondhi, Naval ^a,b   Roberts, Gavin ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; POVIDONE IODINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POVIDONE-IODINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOBRAMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49149093900     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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