Sutured clear corneal incision: Wound apposition and permeability to bacterial-sized particles

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-325

  May, William N ^a   Castro Combs, Juan ^b   Kashiwabuchi, Renata T ^b   Tattiyakul, Woranart ^b   Hirai, Flavio ^c   Behrens, Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; clear corneal incision

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLEAR CORNEAL INCISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY; NEEDLE; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE HORIZONTAL SUTURE; SINGLE RADIAL SUTURE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SUTURING METHOD;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CARBON; CORNEA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84873998093     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31824d0d45     Document Type: Article

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