The benefit of second eye cataract surgery

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 983-989

  Talbot, E M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automobile driver examination; Binocular; Cataract extraction; Contrast sensitivity; Depth perception; Vision; Visual acuity; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032428285     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.254     Document Type: Article

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