Incidence of bleb-associated endophthalmitis in the United States

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 317-322

  Vaziri, Kamyar ^a   Kishor, Krishna ^a   Schwartz, Stephen G ^a   Maharaj, Arindel S ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^b   Moshfeghi, Andrew A ^c   Flynn, Harry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleb; Bleb associated endophthalmitis; Blebitis; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEB ASSOCIATED ENDOPHTHALMITIS; BLEBITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULECTOMY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84922986896     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S75286     Document Type: Article

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