Keratitis after implantation of intrastromal corneal rings with spontaneous extrusion of the segment

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Ibánez Alperte, Juan ^a   Pérez García, Diana ^a   Cristóbal, José A ^a   Mateo, Antonio J ^a   Jiménez Del Río, Beatriz ^a   Mínguez, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

INTACS ; Intrastromal rings; Keratitis; Segment extrusion

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; IMPLANTATION; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENTS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79958760588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320585     Document Type: Article

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