Use of Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 594-612

  Aslam, Tariq M ^a   Devlin, Hilary ^a   Dhillon, Baljean ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsulotomy; Laser; Nd:YAG; Posterior capsule opacification

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; APRACLONIDINE; LEVOBUNOLOL; METIPRANOLOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PILOCARPINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TIMOLOL;

APHAKIA; BLEEDING; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYDRIASIS; MYOPIA; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEITIS; VISION TEST; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0242663619     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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