Preoperative preparation of eye with chlorhexidine solution significantly reduces bacterial load prior to 23-gauge vitrectomy in Swedish health care

BACKGROUND: Bacteria in the conjunctiva present a potential risk of vitreous cavity infection during 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Current preoperative procedures used in Sweden include irrigation with chlorhexidine solution (CHX) 0.05% only and no iodine solutions. We evaluated the bacteria...

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Autores principales: Gili, Nasser J., Noren, Torbjörn, Törnquist, Eva, Crafoord, Sven, Bäckman, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29996791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-018-0844-9

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