Quality of life after postoperative endophthalmitis

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-531

  Clark, Antony ^a   Ng, Jonathon Q ^a   Morlet, Nigel ^a,b   Tropiano, Elisabeth ^c   Mahendran, Priya ^c   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Preen, David ^a,c   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Cataract surgery; Postoperative endophthalmitis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EUROQOL EQ 5D QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VFQ 25 QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VISION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILITY LIMITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 54049144705     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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