Managing Retained Lens Fragments: Raising the Bar

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 569-570

  Stewart, Michael W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY DISK; EDITORIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; LENS SUBLUXATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SURGEON; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LENS SUBLUXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 62649154784     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.030     Document Type: Editorial

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