Visual outcomes and incidence of vitreous loss for residents performing phacoemulsification without prior planned extracapsular cataract extraction experience

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 732-733

  Quillen, David A ^a,b   Phipps, Stephen J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SAFETY; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 0037404195     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02150-5     Document Type: Article

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