Surveillance of late-onset bleb leak, blebitis and bleb-related endophthalmitis - A UK incidence study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1231-1236

  Alwitry, A ^a   King, A J ^b  

^a ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleb leak; Endophthalmitis; Glaucoma; Incidence; Surveillance; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEB LEAK; BLEB RELATED ENDOPHTHALMITIS; BLEBITIS; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84866357347     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1920-5     Document Type: Article

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