Macular infarction after inadvertent intracameral cefuroxime

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1168-1169

  Qureshi, Farhan ^a   Clark, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MEDICATION ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79956205256     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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