Patient perceptions of second eye clear corneal cataract surgery using assisted topical anaesthesia

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-550

  Sharma, N S ^a,b   Ooi, J L ^a,b   Figueira, E C ^a,b   Rosenberg, M L ^a,b   Masselos, K ^a,b   Papalkar, D P ^a,b   Paramanathan, N ^a,b   Francis, I C ^a,b,c   Alexander, S L ^c   Ferch, N I ^c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Ophthalmic Surgery Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEDATION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 42449112910     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702711     Document Type: Article

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