Single perioperative subconjunctival steroid depot versus postoperative steroid eyedrops to prevent intraocular inflammation and macular edema after cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1589-1597

  Dieleman, Myrthe ^a   Wubbels, René J ^a   Van Kooten Noordzij, Marina ^b   De Waard, Peter W T ^c  

^a Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE ACETATE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER FLARE CELL METER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80051884152     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.03.049     Document Type: Article

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