LATE-ONSET ENDOPHTHALMITIS ASSOCIATED WITH FILTERING SURGERY AND THE USE OF TOPICAL INTRAOPERATIVE 5-FLUOROURACIL

Authors
BERMAN DH FREEDMAN J BLAKE AC
Citation
Dh. Berman et al., LATE-ONSET ENDOPHTHALMITIS ASSOCIATED WITH FILTERING SURGERY AND THE USE OF TOPICAL INTRAOPERATIVE 5-FLUOROURACIL, Annals of ophthalmology. Glaucoma, 29(6), 1997, pp. 382-383
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Annals of ophthalmology. Glaucoma
ISSN journal
10794794 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
382 - 383
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-4794(1997)29:6<382:LEAWFS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The case is reported of a patient who presented with late-onset endoph thalmitis 6 months after filtering surgery that used topical 5-fluorou racil. intervention with two vitrectomy procedures and a scleral patch graft enabled the eye to he salvaged.