Cataract surgery in patients older than 90 years of age

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Mutoh, Tetsuya ^a   Isome, Shuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Chikuda, Makoto ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE DEMENTIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862298082     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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