Limbal relaxing incisions to correct corneal astigmatism during phacoemulsification

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 499-504

  Carvalho, Mário José ^a,b   Suzuki, Solange Higashitani ^a   Freitas, Lincoln Lemes ^a   Branco, Bruno Castelo ^a   Schor, Paulo ^a   Lima, Ana Luiza Hoffling ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LIMBAL RELAXING INCISION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248591572     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20070501-14     Document Type: Article

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