Femtosecond laser cataract surgery: Technology and clinical practice

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-186

  Roberts, Timothy V ^a,b   Lawless, Michael ^a,b   Chan, Colin C K ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Mark ^a,c   Ng, David ^a   Bali, Shveta J ^a   Hodge, Chris ^a   Sutton, Gerard ^b  

^a Vision Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Disruptive technology; Femtosecond laser

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA SURGERY; DEVICE APPROVAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OPERATION DURATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISION;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS;

EID: 84875514037     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02851.x     Document Type: Review

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