Endophthalmitis After Keratoprosthesis
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- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 119 (4) , 484-489
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.119.4.484
Abstract
PATIENTS blinded by severe ocular surface diseases or injuries may become sighted again through the placement of a keratoprosthesis (KPro); however, because this device bridges the nonsterile ocular surface and the sterile anterior chamber, the risk of intraocular infection is always present.1 Although endophthalmitis is known to occur frequently in patients with KPros,2,3 the incidence, bacterial causes, and risk factors for KPro-related endophthalmitis have been insufficiently quantified.Keywords
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