Femtosecond cataract surgery: Transitioning to laser cataract

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Sutton, Gerard ^a,b   Bali, Shveta Jindal ^a   Hodge, Chris ^a  

^a Vision Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capsulotomy; cataract; femtosecond lasers; laser cataract surgery; phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; KERATOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; LENS IMPLANT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOELASTICITY; VISION;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR;

EID: 84871779492     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32835a936b     Document Type: Review

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