Improvement in cognitive impairment after cataract surgery in elderly patients

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 598-602

  Tamura, Hiroki ^a   Tsukamoto, Hidetoshi ^a   Mukai, Satoshi ^a   Kato, Tomoko ^a   Minamoto, Atsushi ^a   Ohno, Yuko ^b   Yamashita, Hidetoshi ^c   Mishima, Hiromu K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 1842476901     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

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