Square-edge polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens design for reducing posterior capsule opacification following paediatric cataract surgery: Initial experience

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Brar, Gagandeep S ^a   Grewal, Dilraj S ^a,b   Ram, Jagat ^c   Singla, Mohit ^a,d   Grewal, Satinder Pal S ^a  

^a Grewal Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Paediatric cataract; Posterior capsule opacification; Square edged PMMA IOL

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55649103642     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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