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Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Published 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?

Authors: Ferenc Kuhn, Giampaolo Gini

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 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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Metadata
Title
Ten years after... are findings of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study still relevant today?
Authors
Ferenc Kuhn
Giampaolo Gini
Publication date
01-12-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 12/2005
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-005-0082-8

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