Endophthalmitis and severe blebitis following trabeculectomy. Epidemiology and risk factors; A single-centre retrospective study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 426-431

  Wallin, Örjan ^a   Al Ahramy, Abdullah M ^a,c   Lundström, Mats ^b   Montan, Per ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; antimetabolite; blebitis; endophthalmitis; trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; ALKYLATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE BLEBITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FISTULA; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKYLATING AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84904747057     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12257     Document Type: Article

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