Elschnig pearl formation along the neodymium: YAG laser posterior capsulotomy margin - Long-term follow-up

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1809-1813

  Kurosaka, Daijiro ^a   Kato, Katsuhiko ^a   Kurosaka, Hiroyo ^a   Yoshino, Mami ^a   Nakamura, Kunihiko ^a   Negishi, Kazuno ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELSCHNIG PEARL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036799390     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01222-1     Document Type: Article

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