Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus standard phacoemulsification cataract surgery: Outcomes and safety in more than 4000 cases at a single center

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-52

  Abell, Robin G ^a   Darian Smith, Erica ^a   Kan, Jeffrey B ^a   Allen, Penelope L ^a   Ewe, Shaun Y P ^a   Vote, Brendan J ^b  

^a Tasmanian Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b Launceston Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL HAZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIOSIS; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; KERATOMETRY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84919430722     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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