Is the first post-operative day review necessary following uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery?

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 364-366

  Dinakaran, S ^a   Desai, S P ^b   Sunder Raj, P ^c  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CIBA Vision   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; Intraocular pressure; Phacoemulsification; Post operative; Review

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUND;

EID: 0033941688     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2000.89     Document Type: Article

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