Nd: YAG capsulotomy for posterior capsule opacifi cation after combined clear corneal phacoemulsifi cation and vitrectomy

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Georgalas, Ilias ^a   Petrou, Petros ^b   Kalantzis, George ^b   Papaconstantinou, Dimitrios ^b   Koutsandrea, Chrysanthi ^b   Ladas, Ioannis ^b  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nd:YAG capsulotomy; Phacoemulsification; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77949472657     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s4754     Document Type: Article

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