Site of incision and corneal astigmatism in conventional SICS versus phacoemulsification

Annals of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-216

  Reddy, Bhaskar ^b   Raj, Amit ^a,b   Singh, Virendar Pratap ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36949003440     PISSN: 15304086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12009-007-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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