Erbium:YAG laser-assisted cataract surgery

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-189

  Stevens Jr , Garth ^a,b,d   Long, Byron ^a,b   Hamann, Janna M ^b   Allen, Robert C ^a,b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Premier Laser Inc

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2642619405     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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