Effect of preoperative counseling on patient fear from the visual experience during phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia: Multicenter randomized clinical trial

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1966-1969

  Voon, Li Wern ^a,e   Au Eong, Kah Guan ^a,b   Saw, Siang Mei ^a,b   Verma, Dinesh ^c   Laude, Augustinus ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c Royal Hull Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

EID: 28844435744     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.03.059     Document Type: Article

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