A prospective controlled study of a 10/0 absorbable polyglactin suture for corneal incision phacoemulsification

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-402

  Bainbridge, J W B ^a   Teimory, M ^a   Kirwan, J F ^a   Rostron, C K ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbable; Astigmatism; Cataract surgery; Polyglactin suture; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; NYLON; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; IRIS DISEASE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; TISSUE REACTION;

EID: 0031873291     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.94     Document Type: Article

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