Refractive lens exchange in high myopia: Long term follow up

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 670-672

  Horgan, Noel ^a,d   Condon, P I ^b,c   Beatty, S ^a  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Aut Even Hospital   (Ireland)

^c Waterford Eye Clinic   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE LENS EXCHANGE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA EXAMINATION; SCLERA; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; YAG LASER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 20344407562     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.052720     Document Type: Article

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