Is more always better in cataract surgery?

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Falck, Aura ^a   Virtanen, Pekka ^a   Tuulonen, Anja ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE CONTROL; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84870509263     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02535.x     Document Type: Letter

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