Intraoperative management of posterior capsule tears in phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2186-2189

  Gimbel, Howard V ^a   Sun, Ran ^a   Ferensowicz, Maria ^a   Anderson Penno, Ellen ^a   Kamal, Aasim ^a  

^a GIMBEL EYE CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITRECTOMY;

ALBERTA; CAPSULORHEXIS; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035190695     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00716-3     Document Type: Article

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