Experimental and clinical evaluation of incision size and shape following forceps and injector implantation of a three-piece high-refractive-index silicone intraocular lens

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 922-928

  Kohnen, Thomas ^a,b   Koch, Douglas D ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVICE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INCISION; LENS IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0031790616     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050181     Document Type: Article

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