Outcome of cataract surgery considering the preoperative situation: A study of possible predictors of the functional outcome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1272-1276

  Lundström, Mats ^a   Stenevi, Ulf ^a   Thorburn, William ^a  

^a BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032753588     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.11.1272     Document Type: Article

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