Comparison of torsional and microburst longitudinal phacoemulsification: A prospective, randomized, masked clinical trial

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Vasavada, Abhay R ^a   Raj, Shetal M ^a   Patel, Udayan ^a   Vasavada, Vaishali ^a   Vasavada, Viraj ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBURST LONGITUDINAL PHACOEMULSIFICATION; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TORSIONAL PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149124207     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20091230-20     Document Type: Article

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