Creating cataracts of varying hardness to practice extracapsular cataract extraction and phacoemulsification

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 322-329

  Pandey, Suresh K ^a   Werner, Liliana ^a   Escobar Gomez, Marcela ^a   Visessook, Nithi ^a   Peng, Qun ^a   Apple, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EDUCATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLYMERS;

EID: 0034016832     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00397-1     Document Type: Article

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