Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  He, Lingmin ^a   Sheehy, Katrina ^b   Culbertson, William ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OptiMedica Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsulotomy; Femtosecond; Fragmentation; Laser cataract surgery; Optical coherence tomography; Refractive cataract surgery purpose of review: in 2010

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLEAR CORNEAL INCISION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; LIMBAL RELAXING INCISION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTERIOR CAPSULE OF THE LENS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVICE APPROVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 79955048513     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283414f76     Document Type: Article

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