Simultaneous bilateral cataract extraction

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 753-762

  Ramsay, Alan L ^a,b   Diaper, Charles J M ^a   Saba, Shanmugam N ^a   Beirouty, Zeidoon A Y ^a   Fawzi, Hussain H ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032979465     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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