Medical versus surgical management of retained lens fragments

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2181-

  Merani, Rohan ^a   Hunyor, Alex P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LENS IMPLANT; LETTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAINED LENS FRAGMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

CORNEAL EDEMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENS SUBLUXATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 71149117624     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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