The Bristol cataract listing survey: Profile of listed patients with visual acuity 6/12 or better

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-410

  Malik, R ^a   Frost, N A ^b   Sparrow, John M ^a   Hale, L ^a  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Listing for cataract surgery; Thresholds for surgery; Vision related quality of life (VR QOL); Visual acuity 6 12 or better

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONOCULAR VISION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 17544375923     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701511     Document Type: Article

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