'Layer by layer' phacoemulsification in posterior polar cataract with pre-existing posterior capsular rent

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1008-1010

  Vajpayee, R B ^a   Sinha, R ^b   Singhvi, A ^b   Sharma, N ^b   Titiyal, J S ^b   Tandon, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS DISEASE; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 50449092403     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702795     Document Type: Article

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