Is scleral fixation a safe procedure for intraocular lens implantation?

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 317-323

  Lanzetta, Paolo ^a   Bandeeeo, Francesco M ^a   Virgiei, Gianni ^a   Crovato, Sabrina ^a   Menchini, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellophane maculopathy; Light induced retinopathy; Macular edema; Scleral fixation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRIS; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA; SAFETY; SCLERA; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IRIS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINA; SAFETY; SCLERA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033287252     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002190223882     Document Type: Article

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