Cataract surgery: Benchmarks for established and trainee surgeons

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1371-1372

  Sparrow, J M ^a,b  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67649407885     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.282     Document Type: Editorial

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