Phacoemulsification with topical anesthesia: Resident experience

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1361-1365

  Ünal, Mustafa ^a   Yücel, Iclal ^a   Sarici, Ahmet ^a   Artunay, Özgür ^a   Devranoǧlu, Kazim ^a   Akar, Yusuf ^a   Altin, Meryem ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746263873     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.063     Document Type: Article

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