Exundative hyphaema after cataract extraction. Role of paracentesis and anterior chamber lavage in therapy.
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Exundative* hyphaema after cataract extraction
Therapeutic procedures recommended include miotics (Rychener, I944), hot and cold compresses (Kushner, 1959), and anterior chamber irrigation with proteolytic enzymes (Podos, Liebman, and Pollen, I964; Sinskey and Kricheskey, I962; Scheie, Ashley, and Weiner, 196I; Pierse and Legrice, I964). Sinskey and Kricheskey (I959) observed that neither miotics nor mydriatics had any detectable effect on ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 56 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972