Visual experience during phacoemulsification cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-15

  Newman, Douglas K ^a  

^a WEST NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRIGHTNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLOR; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAVAGE; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; AWARENESS; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; VISION;

EID: 0034100874     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.1.13     Document Type: Article

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