Phacoemulsification vs Small-Incision Manual Cataract Surgery: An Expert Trial

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-144

  Wormald, Richard P ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS IMPLANT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845580664     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.10.026     Document Type: Editorial

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