Cortex removal after laser cataract surgery and standard phacoemulsification: A critical analysis of 800 consecutive cases

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 516-520

  Conrad Hengerer, Ina ^a   Schultz, Tim ^a   Jones, Jason J ^a   Hengerer, Fritz H ^a   Dick, H Burkhard ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; LENS IMPLANTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY;

EID: 84906850892     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20140624-01     Document Type: Article

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