Removal of dense posterior capsule opacification after congenital cataract extraction using the transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy system

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1626-1628

  Lee, Hyung Keun ^a   Kim, Chan Yun ^a   Kwon, Oh Woong ^a   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a   Lee, Sung Chul ^a   Seong, Gong Je ^a   Kim, Sung Soo ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PREDNISOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AFTERCATARACT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; RECTUS MUSCLE; SLIT LAMP; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 4143141020     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.038     Document Type: Article

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