Fate of anterior capsule tears during cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1638-1642

  Marques, Frederico F ^a   Marques, Daniela M V ^a   Osher, Robert H ^a   Osher, James M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE LAVAGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS CAPSULE; LENS DISEASE; LENS IMPLANT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEOTAPE; VITRECTOMY;

CAPSULORHEXIS; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33749124781     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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