Laser-assisted cataract surgery: Benefits and barriers

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-61

  Hatch, Kathryn M ^a   Talamo, Jonathan H ^a  

^a Talamo Laser Eye Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

benefits; cataract surgery; femtosecond laser

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; OPERATING ROOM; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LEARNING CURVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84890555223     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000013     Document Type: Review

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