Changes in visual acuity of patients undergoing cataract surgery during the last two decades

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 506-511

  Leinonen, Jaakko ^a   Laatikainen, Leila ^b  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Incidence of cataract surgery; Indications; Preoperative visual acuity; Techniques of cataract operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036773557     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800509.x     Document Type: Article

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