Clinical outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract surgery in diabetes patients: Visual function (VF-14), visual acuity and patient satisfaction

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-183

  Mozaffarieh, Maneli ^a   Heinzl, Harald ^a   Sacu, Stefan ^a   Wedrich, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Visual acuity; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17644372730     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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