Small-gauge vitrectomy does not protect against nuclear sclerotic cataract

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-505

  Almony, Arghavan ^a   Holekamp, Nancy M ^b,c   Bai, Fang ^b   Shui, Ying Bo ^b   Beebe, David ^b,d  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pepose Vision Institute   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR SCLEROTIC CATARACT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SCLEROSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84858023428     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31822529cf     Document Type: Article

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