Is it time for a new attitude to "simultaneous" bilateral cataract surgery?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1489-1496

  Smith, G T ^a   Liu, C S C ^a  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035678961     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.12.1489     Document Type: Review

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