Functional improvement after phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1226-1231

  Chang Godinich, Anne ^a   Ou, Richard J ^a   Koch, Douglas D ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032870721     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00193-5     Document Type: Article

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