Safety and efficacy of manual small incision cataract surgery for brunescent and black cataracts

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1155-1157

  Venkatesh, R ^a   Tan, C S H ^b   Singh, G P ^a   Veena, K ^a   Krishnan, K T ^a   Ravindran, R D ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brunescent and black cataract; Manual small incision cataract surgery; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; TRYPAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BRUNESCENT AND BLACK CATARACT; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTERIOR CAPSULE RUPTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SAFETY; SCLERA; STAINING; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRYPAN BLUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 62349088858     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.190     Document Type: Article

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