Femtosecond laser-assisted compared with standard cataract surgery for removal of advanced cataracts

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1833-1838

  Hatch, Kathryn M ^a   Schultz, Tim ^b   Talamo, Jonathan H ^a   Dick, H Burkhard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; LENS IMPLANTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84962278201     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.10.040     Document Type: Article

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