Subjective visual experience and pain level during phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation under topical anesthesia

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 413-416

  Yaylali, Volkan ^a,b   Yildirim, Cem ^a   Tatlipinar, Sinan ^a   Demirlenk, Ibrahim ^a   Arik, Sevda ^a   Özden, Serap ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Pain; Phacoemulsification; Topical anesthesia; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISSECTION; EXPERIENCE; EYE COLOR; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0142165836     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073071     Document Type: Article

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