Comparison of topical tobramycin-dexamethasone with dexamethasone-neomycin- polymyxin and neomycin-polymyxin-gramicidin for control of inflammation after cataract surgery: Results of a multicenter, prospective, three-arm, randomized, double-masked, controlled, parallel-group study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1274-1285

  Notivol, Ricardo ^a   Bertin, Donata ^b   Amin, Dina ^c   Whitling, Anna ^c   Kennedy, Margaret ^c   Cockrum, Paul C ^c  

^a SA   (Spain)

^b Milan   (Italy)

^c ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; dexamethasone neomycin polymyxin B combination; ocular inflammation tobramycin dexamethasone combination; phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; GRAMICIDIN PLUS NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEXAMETHASONE; GRAMICIDIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCULAR ALLERGIC REACTION; OCULAR PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EUROPE; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAZIL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAMICIDIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXINS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOBRAMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344236910     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(04)80113-9     Document Type: Article

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