Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 59-62 , January 2007

Aqueous humor penetration of gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin eyedrops given by different methods before cataract surgery

  • Lindsay Ong-Tone, FRCSC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Lindsay Ong-Tone, Suite 215, 2125 11th Avenue, Regina, S4P 3X3, Saskatchewan, Canada.

,Accepted 1 September 2006.

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 Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, March 2006, and the 13th annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 2006.Partly funded by Advanced Medical Optics, Markham, Ontario, Canada.The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any method or material mentioned.The Saskatchewan Provincial Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, provided analysis of the samples, and the Research and Performance Support staff, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, provided analysis of the data.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01218-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.015

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 59-62 , January 2007

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