Astigmatic change induced by 2.8-mm corneal incisions for cataract surgery

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 989-994

  Tejedor, Jaime ^a,b   Pérez Rodríguez, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; LENS IMPLANTATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 62649141912     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2778     Document Type: Article

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