Retained lens fragments: Nucleus fragments are associated with worse prognosis than cortex or epinucleus fragments

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 741-747

  Moisseiev, Elad ^a   Kinori, Michael ^b   Glovinsky, Yoseph ^b,c   Loewenstein, Anat ^a,c   Moisseiev, Joseph ^b,c   Barak, Adiel ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Nucleus; Phacoemulsification complications; Retained lens fragments; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS; LENS CORTEX; LENS EPINUCLEUS; LENS IMPLANTATION; LENS LUXATION; LENS NUCLEUS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOPHAKIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LENS SUBLUXATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 80054104804     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2011.6483     Document Type: Review

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