Frequency of retinal detachment and other complications after neodymium: Yag laser capsulotomy

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 550-552

  Burq, Maqsood A ^a   Taqui, Ather M ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

EID: 56049090801     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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