Cataract Surgery Is Associated with a Higher Rate of Photodynamic Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-282

  Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Kaiserman, Nadia ^b   Elhayany, Asher ^c   Vinker, Shlomo ^b,d  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846493466     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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