Development of an in vitro model to assess posterior capsule safety during phacoemulsification with ultrasound or AquaLase handpieces

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1076-1081

  Tsai, Julie H ^a   Khng, Christopher G ^a   Osher, Robert H ^a   Sussman, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORNEA; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS CAPSULE; METHODOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; VITREOUS BODY;

ELASTICITY; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34248998898     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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