Intraoperative clinical practice and risk of early complications after cataract extraction in the United States, Canada, Denmark, and Spain

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-48

  Norregaard, Jens Christian ^a,b   Bernth Petersen, Peter ^b   Bellan, Lorne ^c   Alonso, Jordi ^d   Black, Charlyn ^c,e   Dunn, Elaine ^c,f   Andersen, Tavs Folmer ^a   Espallargues, Mireia ^d   Anderson, Gerard F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f Hlth Sci Clinical Research Centre   (Canada)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032616195     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90004-0     Document Type: Article

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