Intraoperative complications of cataract surgery in the very old

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1516-1518

  Robbie, S J ^a,b   Muhtaseb, M ^b   Qureshi, K ^b   Bunce, C ^c   Xing, W ^c   Ionides, A ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845271926     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.098764     Document Type: Article

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