Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery compared with conventional cataract surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 455-462

  Abell, Robin G ^a   Kerr, Nathan M ^b   Vote, Brendan J ^a,b  

^a Tasmanian Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b Launceston Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capsulotomy; Cataract surgery; Femtosecond; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION;

AGED; CAPSULORHEXIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASERS, EXCIMER; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84883305751     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12025     Document Type: Article

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