Pulsed electron avalanche knife: New technology for cataract surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 949-954

  Priglinger, Siegfried G ^a   Palanker, Daniel ^b   Alge, Claudia S ^a   Kreutzer, Thomas C ^a   Haritoglou, Christos ^a   Grueterich, Martin ^a   Kampik, Anselm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRON AVALANCHE KNIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENILE CATARACT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZONULOLYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347335698     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.109546     Document Type: Article

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