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Comparação do efeito nas culturas de humor aquoso de gatifloxacina 0,3% aplicado três dias antes de facoemulsificação e e antes do pré-operatório

2011; Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia; Volume: 70; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0034-72802011000100002

ISSN

1982-8551

Autores

Paulo Augusto Hidalgo de Menezes, Wilson Takashi Hida, Alexandre Almeida Brasil, Diana Linhares Leins Peixoto, Íris de Souza Yamane, João Brasil Vita Sobrinho, Celso Takashi Nakano, Amaryllis Avakian,

Tópico(s)

Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome

Resumo

Purpose: To determine the effect on human aqueous humor cultures of topical gatifloxacin 0.3% applied four times a day three days before phacoemulsification compared to topical gatifloxaxin 0.3% applied and same-day surgery. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients with cataract without other ocular diseases were randomly assigned to Groups A and B before phacoemulsification. Group A received topical gatifloxacin 0.3% same-day surgery and Group B received gatifloxacin 0.3% four times a day three days before phacoemulsification. After the procedure the aqueous humor was [...]

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