Probability of Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy after cataract surgery in Olmsted County, Minnesota

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-166

  Baratz, Keith H ^a   Cook, Briggs E ^a   Hodge, David O ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AGE; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; UNITED STATES; YAG LASER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035131893     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00795-9     Document Type: Article

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