Are topical steroids essential after an uneventful cataract surgery?

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Nishino, Maki ^a   Eguchi, Hiroshi ^b   Iwata, Akiko ^a   Shiota, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Mariko ^b   Tanaka, Takeshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Mino Tanaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Topical NSAID; Topical steroid

Indexed keywords

BROMFENAC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIMETHATE; DEXAMETHASONE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PHOSPHORIC ACID DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CYSTOIDEA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 63349095435     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.56.11     Document Type: Article

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