Endophthalmitis after Pars Plana Vitrectomy. A 20- and 25-Gauge Comparison

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1360-1365

  Hu, Allen Y H ^a   Bourges, Jean Louis ^a,b   Shah, Sumit P ^a   Gupta, Anurag ^a   Gonzales, Christine R ^a   Oliver, Scott C N ^a   Schwartz, Steven D ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILICONE OIL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOMY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCLEROSTOMY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 67649553562     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.01.045     Document Type: Article

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