Presumed endophthalmitis following Boston keratoprosthesis treated with 25 gauge vitrectomy: A report of three cases

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-450

  Georgalas, Ilias ^a,c   Kanelopoulos, Anastasios J ^b   Petrou, Petros ^a   Ladas, Ioannis ^a   Gotzaridis, Eustratios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LaserVisiongr Eye Institute   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

25 gauge vitrectomy; Endophthalmitis; Keratoprosthesis

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSTIC BURN; CILIARY DISK; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; OCULAR CICATRICIAL PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77949264866     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1230-3     Document Type: Article

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