Comparison of visual recovery and refractive stability between femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and standard phacoemulsification: Six-month follow-up

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1356-1364

  Conrad Hengerer, Ina ^a   Al Sheikh, Mayss ^a   Hengerer, Fritz H ^b   Schultz, Tim ^a   Dick, H Burkhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED CATARACT SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84939512961     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.10.044     Document Type: Article

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