Investigation and management of an epidemic of Hydroview intraocular lens opacification

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1124-1133

  Altaie, R W ^a   Costigan, T ^a   Donegan, S ^b   O'Brien, P ^a   Mahmood, U ^a   Bogdan, A J ^a   Beatty, S ^a  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Hydroxyapatite; Hyroview; Intraocular lens; Opacification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISCOELASTICITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 31144442184     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-1179-9     Document Type: Article

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