Visual outcome following cataract extraction in patients aged 90 years and older

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1120-1124

  Rosen, E ^a   Rubowitz, A ^a   Assia, E I ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Very elderly patients; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID DETACHMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND COMPLICATION; ZONULOLYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 65949088577     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.203     Document Type: Article

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