Rock, paper and scissors? Traumatic paediatric cataract in Victoria 1992-2006

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-241

  Staffieri, Sandra E ^a,b   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^a,b,c   Mackey, David A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt ocular trauma; Paediatric cataract; Penetrating eye injury; Traumatic cataract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; LENSECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; TREND STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUND HEALING;

AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77953224832     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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