Complication rates of phacoemulsification and manual small-incision cataract surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1360-1369

  Haripriya, Aravind ^a   Chang, David F ^b   Reena, Mascarenhas ^a   Shekhar, Madhu ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Altos Eye Physicians   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LARGE INCISION EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864128042     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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