Second eye cataract surgery in the diabetes patient? Quality of life gains and speed of visual and functional rehabilitation

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-8

  Mozaffarieh, Maneli ^a   Heinzl, Harald ^a   Sacu, Stefan ^a   Wedrich, Andreas ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diabetes; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 53449097274     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000162110     Document Type: Article

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