Laser cataract surgery: Technique and clinical results

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1339-1345

  Vergés, Carlos ^a   Llevat, Elvira ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PACHYMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0042205450     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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