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Erschienen in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 12/2005

01.12.2005 | Editorial

Ten years after... are findings of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study still relevant today?

verfasst von: Ferenc Kuhn, Giampaolo Gini

Erschienen in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Ausgabe 12/2005

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In 1995, a prospective, randomized study was published on the management of eyes with certain types of acute postoperative endophthalmitis (PE) [3]. Statistical analysis of 420 eyes in the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS) found benefit neither from systemic antibiotics nor from vitrectomy, unless the visual acuity deteriorated to light perception (LP). …
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Metadaten
Titel
Ten years after... are findings of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study still relevant today?
verfasst von
Ferenc Kuhn
Giampaolo Gini
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2005
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Ausgabe 12/2005
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-005-0082-8

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