Simultaneous surgery for bilateral pediatric cataracts

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Zwaan, Johan ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LENSECTOMY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENSES; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030040998     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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