Preventing posterior capsular opacification with an endocapsular equator ring in a young human eye: 2-Year follow-up

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-486

  Hara, Tsutomu ^a   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Hara, Takako ^a  

^a Hara Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCORING SYSTEM; YAG LASER;

ADULT; CATARACT; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247164552     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.4.483     Document Type: Article

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