Migratory intraocular cilium following phacoemulsification

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-80

  Rofail, Marc ^a   Briner, A Michael ^a   Lee, Graham A ^a  

^a City Eye Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cilium; Intraocular foreign body; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; IRIS; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUPIL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYELASHES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION;

EID: 33644887180     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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