Audit of outcome of an extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens training course

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 848-851

  Alhassan, Mahmoud B ^a   Kyari, Fatima ^a   Achi, Ibrahim B ^a   Ozemela, Chinenyem P ^a   Abiose, Adenike ^a  

^a National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONSULTATION; CORNEA EDEMA; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATOPATHY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NIGERIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033885482     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.8.848     Document Type: Article

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