Visual outcomes and associated risk factors of cataract surgeries in highly myopic Taiwanese

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-23

  Tsai, Ching Yao ^a,b   Chang, Ting Jia ^b   Kuo, Li Lin ^b   Chou, Pesus ^a   Woung, Lin Chung ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Cataract surgery, risk factors; High myopia; Nd:YAG laser; Retinal detachment; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA DETACHMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845892130     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096517     Document Type: Article

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