Safety and efficacy of manual small incision cataract surgery for phacolytic glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-281

  Venkatesh, Rengaraj ^a   Tan, Colin S H ^b   Kumar, Thangavel Thirumalai ^a   Ravindran, Ravilla D ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ZONULOLYSIS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947583912     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.105874     Document Type: Article

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