Phacoemulsification in an adult Savannah monitor lizard

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-209

  Colitz, Carmen M H ^a,b   Lewbart, Greg ^a   Davidson, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Phacoemulsification; Reptile; Savannah monitor lizard; Varanid

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE SURGERY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAVANNA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS; VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; LIZARDS; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION;

EID: 0036718815     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2002.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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