Removal of lens epithelial cells and the effect on capsulorhexis size

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1569-1574

  Tadros, Athanassius ^a   Bhatt, Uday K ^a   Karim, M N Abdul ^a   Zaheer, Asad ^a   Thomas, Peter W ^b  

^a DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULORHEXIS; CONTRACTURE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 23944489629     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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