Clear corneal incision of 2.75 mm for cataract surgery induces little change of astigmatism in eyes with low preoperative corneal cylinder

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-393

  Giansanti, Fabrizio ^a   Rapizzi, E ^a   Virgili, G ^a   Mencucci, R ^a   Bini, A ^a   Vannozzi, L ^a   Menchini, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cataract surgery; Clear corneal incision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; INCISION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE FIBER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

EID: 33745890608     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210601600305     Document Type: Article

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