Phacoemulsification of Cataract in Patients Receiving Coumadin Therapy: Ocular and Hematologic Risk Assessment

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Barequet, Irina S ^a   Sachs, Dan ^a   Priel, Ayelet ^a   Wasserzug, Yael ^a   Martinowitz, Uri ^a   Moisseiev, Joseph ^a   Salomon, Ophira ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35349004165     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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