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...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)
2015-05-01
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Series: | Guoji Yanke Zazhi |
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Online Access: | http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2015/5/201505002.pdf |