Long-term bleb-related infections after trabeculectomy: Incidence, risk factors, and influence of bleb revision

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1082-1091

  Kim, Eun Ah ^a   Law, Simon K ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^a   Nouri Mahdavi, Kouros ^a   Giaconi, Joann A ^a   Yu, Fei ^a,b   Lee, Ji Woong ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEBITIS; BLEPHARITIS; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LATE ONSET BLEB RELATED INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTAL PLUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRABECULECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REOPERATION; SURGICALLY CREATED STRUCTURE;

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICALLY-CREATED STRUCTURES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84929131688     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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