Surgical techniques in phacoemulsification

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Devgan, Uday ^a,b,c  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Maloney Vision Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Phaco; Phacoemulsification; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MYDRIATIC AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; TAMSULOSIN;

ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCISION; INSTRUMENTATION; IRIS DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CATARACT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845617908     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e328011f9e1     Document Type: Review

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