Sutureless cataract surgery with nucleus extraction: Outcome of a prospective study in Nepal

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-270

  Hennig, Albrecht ^a   Kumar, J ^a   Yorston, D ^b   Foster, A ^c  

^a Lahan Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ASTIGMATISM; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037341458     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.266     Document Type: Review

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