A system for preoperative stratification of cataract patients according to risk of intraoperative complications: A prospective analysis of 1441 cases

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1242-1246

  Muhtaseb, Mohammed ^a   Kalhoro, A ^a   Ionides, A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4744340066     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.046003     Document Type: Article

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