Management Strategies to Reduce Risk of Postoperative Infections

Current Ophthalmology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 161-168

  Galor, Anat ^a,b   Goldhardt, Raquel ^a,b   Wellik, Sarah R ^a,b   Gregori, Ninel Z ^a,b   Flynn, Harry W ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Endophthalmitis; Intracameral antibiotics; Ocular surface disease; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978679307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40135-013-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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