Astigmatism outcomes of scleral tunnel and clear corneal incisions for congenital cataract surgery

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1044-1048

  Bar Sela, S M ^a,b   Spierer, A ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CORNEA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748424382     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702082     Document Type: Article

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