Bilateral same day phacoemulsification: 220 Cases retrospectively reviewed

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Johansson, Björn A ^a   Lundh, B L ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANISOMETROPIA; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037340132     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.285     Document Type: Article

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