Incidence of intra-operative floppy iris syndrome in a UK district general hospital and implications for future workload

Surgeon

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-209

  Amin, Krina ^a   Fong, K ^a   Horgan, S E ^a  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; IFIS; Tamsulosin

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249106408     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(08)80029-7     Document Type: Article

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