Effectiveness and safety of femtosecond laser-assisted lens fragmentation and anterior capsulotomy versus the manual technique in cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1297-1306

  Reddy, Kasu Prasad ^a   Kandulla, Jochen ^b   Auffarth, Gerd U ^c  

^a Maxivision Eye Hospital   (India)

^b Technolas Perfect Vision   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EYE; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTERIOR CAPSULE OF THE LENS; CAPSULORHEXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84883227483     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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