The impact of bilateral or unilateral cataract surgery on visual functioning: When does second eye cataract surgery benefit patients?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 846-851

  Tan, Anna C S ^a   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Zheng, Ying Feng ^a,b   Tan, Ava Grace ^c   Wang, Jie Jin ^c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,d   Lamoureux, Ecosse Luc ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BILATERAL CATARACT SURGERY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE MALAY; UNILATERAL CATARACT SURGERY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862795374     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301233     Document Type: Article

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