Comparison of preoperative Nd:YAG laser anterior capsulotomy versus two-stage curvilinear capsulorhexis in phacoemulsification of white intumescent cataracts

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-585

  Coelho, Roberto P ^a   Martin, Luiz F T ^a   Paula, Jayter S ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS CURVILINEAR CAPSULORHEXIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPERATION DURATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72249117428     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20091030-08     Document Type: Article

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