A Comparative Cohort Study of Visual Outcomes in Femtosecond Laser-Assisted versus Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 178-182

  Ewe, Shaun Y P ^a   Abell, Robin G ^a   Oakley, Carmen L ^a   Lim, Chris H L ^a   Allen, Penelope L ^a   McPherson, Zachary E ^b   Rao, Anupam ^b   Davies, Peter E J ^b   Vote, Brendan J ^a  

^a Launceston Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b Newcastle Eye Hospital Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICS; THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84951011594     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.09.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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