An "exploding cataract" following Nd:YAG laser iridectomy

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 310-311

  Lin, Jen Chieh ^a   Katz, L Jay ^b   Spaeth, George L ^b   Klancnik Jr , James M ^c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMPLANTATION; IRIDECTOMY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRIDECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; REOPERATION; RUPTURE;

EID: 0037588684     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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