The Kuwait cataract outcome study: A 12-month evaluation

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-184

  Abdelmoaty, S ^a,b   Behbehani, A M ^a   Aljazzaf, A ^a   Grigis, N ^a   Eslah, E ^a   Marouf, T ^a   Almuteri, S ^a   Alzafiri, Y ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Al Bahar Ophthalmology Centre   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Extracapsular cataract extraction; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EVALUATION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646453063     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092178     Document Type: Article

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