Cost of intraocular lens versus contact lens treatment after unilateral congenital cataract surgery in the infant aphakia treatment study at age 5 years

Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 288-292

  Kruger, Stacey J ^a   Dubois, Lindreth ^b   Becker, Edmund R ^c   Morrison, David ^d   Wilson, Lorri ^e   Wilson, M Edward ^f   Lambert, Scott R ^b  

^a Stacey J Kruger MD and Assoc PA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; LENS IMPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENSES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; OFFICE VISITS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84921527237     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.08.037     Document Type: Article

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