Inferior intravitreal injection site associated with a higher incidence of post-injection endophthalmitis

AIM:To determine whether inferior injections had a higher incidence of post-injection endophthalmitis than superior injections. The incidence of endophthalmitis is higher for inferior than superior trabeculectomy filtering blebs, possibly due to bacteria pooling in the inferior tear lake. <p>M...

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Main Authors: Gowtham Jonna, Daniel B. Roth, Howard F. Fine, H. Matthew Wheatley, Jonathan L. Prenner, Arvin Kheterpal, Suzanne Cohen, William J. Feuer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2015-05-01
Series:Guoji Yanke Zazhi
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Online Access:http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2015/5/201505002.pdf