Outsourced cataract surgery and postoperative endophthalmitis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 701-708

  Solborg Bjerrum, Søren ^a   Kiilgaard, Jens F ^a   Mikkelsen, Kim L ^b   La Cour, Morten ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Patient Insurance Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

endophthalmitis; outsource; phacoemulsification; private; public

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; VALIDATION STUDY;

ENDOPHTHALMITIS; OUTSOURCE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIVATE; PUBLIC;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIA; DENMARK; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84888175874     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12279     Document Type: Article

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