Posterior capsule management in congenital cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-193

  Vasavada, Abhay R ^a   Praveen, Mamidipudi R ^a   Tassignon, Marie José ^b   Shah, Sajani K ^a   Vasavada, Vaishali A ^a   Vasavada, Viraj A ^a   Van Looveren, Jan ^b   De Veuster, Ilse ^b   Trivedi, Rupal H ^c  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY;

CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; POSTERIOR CAPSULE OF THE LENS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 78650445402     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.036     Document Type: Review

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