Femtosecond laser will not be a standard method for cataract extraction ten years from now

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 360-365

  Feldman, Brad H ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Cataract surgery; Femtosecond; Laser; Phacoemulsifcation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA PERFORATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED CATARACT SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRITIS; LENS LUXATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHIMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARD; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; CAPSULORHEXIS; LENS IMPLANTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

ANTERIOR CAPSULE OF THE LENS; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84953344924     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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