Reduced mortality compared with national averages following phacoemulsification cataract surgery: A retrospective observational study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-294

  Blundell, M S J ^a,b   Hunt, L P ^a   Mayer, E J ^a,b   Dick, A D ^a,b   Sparrow, J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749101292     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.141473     Document Type: Article

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