Pediatric cataract surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Vasavada, Abhay R ^a   Nihalani, Bharti R ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior vitrectomy; Cognitive vision; Congenital cataract; Pediatric cataract surgery; Visual rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APHAKIA; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 29844435959     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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