Small-incision manual extracapsular cataract surgery in Ghana, West Africa

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Guzek, James Paul ^a,b,c   Ching, Andrea ^b  

^a Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Margret Marquart Catholic Hospital   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA LIMBUS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRITIS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037259952     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01440-2     Document Type: Article

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