Prevention of posterior capsule opacification with the CO2 laser

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 985-990

  Michaeli Cohen, Adi ^a   Belkin, Michael ^b   Goldring, Alon ^c   Rosner, Mordechai ^b   Assia, Ehud I ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Optomedic Ltd   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MATERIALS; NONHUMAN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RABBITS; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031763029     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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