The Pyhäjärvi Cataract Study II. Criteria for cataract surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-333

  Kuoppala, Jaana ^a   Falck, Aura ^b   Winblad, Ilkka ^c   Tuulonen, Anja ^b  

^a Siinto ^*  (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

15D; cataract surgery; New Zealand priority criteria; quality of life; VF 14; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND PRIORITY CRITERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FUNCTIONING 14 TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052816258     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01935.x     Document Type: Article

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