Unidentified foreign objects in the wound after clear corneal tunnel phacoemulsification

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2238-2239

  Wadood, Azfar C ^a   Dhillon, Baljean ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036922457     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01297-X     Document Type: Article

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