Intravenous chloramphenicol to prevent postoperative endophthalmitis in cataract surgery--520 consecutive cases
Snyder, H.P.
Annals of Ophthalmology 10(8): 1041-1042
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886 PMID: 308790 Document Number: 133768
In 520 consecutive cataract extractions, 1 gm chloramphenicol has been given intravenously immediately before entering the anterior chamber of the eye with no known resultant blood dyscrasias and no bacterial endophthalmitis.
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