Clinical outcomes of pars plana capsulotomy with anterior vitrectomy in pediatric cataract surgery

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-167

  Alexandrakis, George ^a   Peterseim, M Millicent ^a   Wilson, M Edward ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY DISK; DYSPLASIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS OPACITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036598317     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2002.122148     Document Type: Article

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