Corneal endothelial cell loss and corneal thickness in conventional compared with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery: Three-month follow-up

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1307-1313

  Conrad Hengerer, Ina ^a   Al Juburi, Mayss ^a   Schultz, Tim ^a   Hengerer, Fritz H ^b   Dick, H Burkhard ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883245489     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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