Comparison of corneal wetting properties of viscous eye lubricant and balanced salt solution to maintain optical clarity during cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1806-1808

  Chen, Yen An ^a   Hirnschall, Nino ^a   Findl, Oliver ^a  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; CORNEA PROTECT; FLUORESCEIN; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; OXYBUPROCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAR FILM; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETATES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; LUBRICANTS; METHYLCELLULOSE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINING AND LABELING; WETTABILITY; WETTING AGENTS;

EID: 80052967801     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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