The effect of phacoemulsification cataract surgery on polarimetry and tomography measurements for glaucoma diagnosis

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 468-474

  Sánchez Cano, Ana ^a   Pablo, Luis E ^b   Larrosa, José Manuel ^b   Polo, Vicente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

GDx VCC; glaucoma; HRT3; OCT; phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLARIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77957585654     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181c4aed8     Document Type: Article

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