Management of endophthalmitis with pars plana vitrectomy.
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Management of endophthalmitis with pars plana vitrectomy.
Pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal antibiotics is an effective technique in the treatment of culture-proved endophthalmitis. Best results are obtained when the therapy is instituted early in the course of infection, preferably during the first 36 hours of the onset of symptoms, and when the infective organism is of low virulence. In our 20 cases of culture-proved endophthalmitis 17 eyes (8...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.64.7.472