Tissue damage at anterior capsule edges after continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, high-frequency capsulotomy, and erbium:YAG laser capsulotomy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Radner, Gerald ^a   Amon, Michael ^a   Stifter, Eva ^a   Nepp, Johannes ^a   Diendorfer, Gabriele ^a   Mallinger, Rudolf ^a   Radner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CADAVER; CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; EMULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YAG LASER;

EID: 1242342050     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00652-7     Document Type: Article

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