Initial clinical evaluation of an intraocular femtosecond laser in cataract surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1053-1060

  Nagy, Zoltan ^a   Takacs, Agnes ^a   Filkorn, Tamas ^a   Sarayba, Melvin ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b LenSx Lasers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FEMTOSECOND LASER; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHACOFRAGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE;

AGED; ANIMALS; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049134979     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20091117-04     Document Type: Article

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