Critical appraisal of loteprednol ointment, gel, and suspension in the treatment of postoperative inflammation and pain following ocular and corneal transplant surgery

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 379-387

  Pirouzian, Amir ^a,b   Randy Craven, E ^a,b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Inflammation; Keratoplasty; Loteprednol; Pain; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DIFLUPREDNATE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RIMEXOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 84896070449     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S30278     Document Type: Review

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