Simultaneous vs sequential bilateral cataract surgery for infants with congenital cataracts: Visual outcomes, adverse events, and economic costs

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1050-1054

  Dave, Hreem ^a   Phoenix, Vidya ^a   Becker, Edmund R ^b   Lambert, Scott R ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENSES; COST OF ILLNESS; EYEGLASSES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77955442176     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.136     Document Type: Article

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