Patients' expectation and experience of visual sensations during phacoemulsification under topical anaesthesia

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1162-1167

  Ang, C L ^a   Au Eong, K G ^a,b,c,d   Lee, S S G ^a   Chan, S P ^e   Tan, C S H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL CITRATE; FENTANYL CITRATE DBL; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; MINIMS; PROPOFOL; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISION;

EID: 34548523558     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702427     Document Type: Article

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