Effectiveness of the soft-shell technique in patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1907-1912

  Tarnawska, Dorota ^a   Wylegała, Edward ^a  

^a District Railway Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLAND; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE CATARACT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35349012094     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.06.049     Document Type: Article

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