Clinical outcomes of cataract surgery in very elderly adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-170

  Lai, Frank H P ^a   Lok, Julie Y C ^a   Chow, Prudence P C ^a   Young, Alvin L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; elderly; morbidity; risk factor; visual outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE CATARACT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART;

CATARACT SURGERY; ELDERLY; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84892826729     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12590     Document Type: Article

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