Intraoperative phacoemulsification complication rates of second- and third-year ophthalmology residents: A 5-year comparison

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 954-958

  Woodfield, Alonzo S ^a,b   Gower, Emily W ^b   Cassard, Sandra D ^b   Ramanthan, Saraswathy ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMSULOSIN; TRYPAN BLUE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955637769     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.047     Document Type: Article

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