Corneal involvement in uneventful cataract surgery: An in vivo confocal microscopy study

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-110

  De Cillà, Stefano ^a   Fogagnolo, Paolo ^a   Sacchi, Matteo ^a   Orzalesi, Nicola ^a   Carini, Elisa ^a   Ceresara, Gaia ^a   Rossetti, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Confocal microscopy; Subbasal nerve fiber plexus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL SUBBASAL LAYER; DENDRITIC CELL; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; NERVE BEADING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REFLECTIVITY; NERVE TORTUOSITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CELL REGENERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; MORPHOLOGY; OPHTHALMIC MICROSURGICAL SYSTEM; POSTERIOR CHAMBER LENS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 84893130549     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355490     Document Type: Article

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