The journey to femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery: New beginnings or a false dawn?

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-473

  Trikha, S ^a   Turnbull, A M J ^b   Morris, R J ^a   Anderson, D F ^a,c   Hossain, P ^a,c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capsulorhexis; capsulotomy; cataract surgery; femtosecond; laser; phacoemulsfication

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIQUEFACTION; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; OPERATION DURATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876099714     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.293     Document Type: Review

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