Erbium:YAG Laser in Cataract Extraction

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 503-508

  Bowman, David M ^a   Allen, Robert C ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sanger Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Erbium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser; Intraocular lens (IOL) implantation; Neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; FIBER OPTICS; GARNETS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LASERS; SURGERY; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; YTTRIUM;

INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FLUORESCEIN;

CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HANDPIECE; HEAT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; LENS NUCLEUS; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ERBIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; NEODYMIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0346503129     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v13.i6.60     Document Type: Review

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