The Misericordia Health Centre cataract comfort study

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-24

  Leo, Seo Wei ^a   Au Eong, Kah Guan ^a   Rengaraj, Venkatesh ^c   Radhakrishnan, Muralikrishnan ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b L Aravind Inst Comm Ophthalmol   (India)

^c L Aravind Inst Comm Ophthalmol ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; LETTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISION;

EID: 0037298333     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(03)80004-2     Document Type: Letter

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