Color vision deficits during laser lithotripsy using safety goggles for coumarin green or alexandrite but not with holmium:YAG laser safety goggles

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 683-689

  Teichman, Joel M H ^a   Johnson, Anthony J ^b   Yates, J Terry ^b   Angle, Bryan N ^b   Dirks, Monte S ^b   Muirhead, Joel T ^b   Thompson, Ian M ^b   Pearle, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Color perception; Color vision defects; Eye protective devices; Lasers; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN;

ARTICLE; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DEVICE; EYE PROTECTION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; UROLOGY; YAG LASER;

EID: 0031883187     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63700-5     Document Type: Article

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