Effect of femtosecond laser fragmentation on effective phacoemulsification time in cataract surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 879-883

  Conrad Hengerer, Ina ^a   Hengerer, Fritz H ^a   Schultz, Tim ^a   Dick, H Burkhard ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; LASER; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE CATARACT;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871288835     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121116-02     Document Type: Article

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