Surgical outcomes and safety of femtosecond laser cataract surgery: A prospective study of 1500 consecutive cases

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-233

  Roberts, Timothy V ^a,b   Lawless, Michael ^a,b   Bali, Shveta J ^a   Hodge, Chris ^a   Sutton, Gerard ^a,b  

^a Vision Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMTOSECOND LASER CATARACT SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; LENS LUXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84873300692     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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