Effect of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery on the corneal endothelium

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1777-1783

  Abell, Robin G ^a   Kerr, Nathan M ^a   Howie, Allister R ^a   Kamal, Mohd A A Mustaffa ^a   Allen, Penelope L ^a   Vote, Brendan J ^a  

^a Launceston Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CENTRAL CORNEAL VOLUME; CENTRAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED CATARACT SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VOLUME STRESS INDEX; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; LENS IMPLANTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84916931544     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.05.031     Document Type: Article

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