Intraocular lenses for presbyopia correction: Past, present, and future

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Lichtinger, Alejandro ^a   Rootman, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b East Wing   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accommodative intraocular lens; Cataract surgery; Multifocal intraocular lens; Presbyopia; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCOMODATIVE LENS; DIFFRACTIVE LENS; HUMAN; LENS; LENS IMPLANT; MULTIFOCAL LENS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE LENS; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; FORECASTING; LENS IMPLANTATION;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; PRESBYOPIA;

EID: 84856599484     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834cd5be     Document Type: Review

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