Femtosecond laser cataract surgery: Updates on technologies and outcomes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 420-427

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,b   Abdou, Ahmed A ^a,c   Puente, Alfonso Arias ^d   Zato, Miguel Angel ^e   Nagy, Zoltan ^f  

^a VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL LA ZARZUELA   (Spain)

^f SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENS IMPLANT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84903380539     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20140516-01     Document Type: Review

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