Retrocapsular lens matter in uneventful phacoemulsification: Does it really exist?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Liu, David T L ^a,b   Lee, Vincent Y W ^a   Li, Chi Lai ^a   Choi, Paul C L ^a   Lam, Philip T H ^a,b   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cytopathological study; Cytospin; Phacoemulsification; Retrocapsular lens fragment; Retrocapsular lens matter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCLEROTOMY; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 39649107331     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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