Impact of the learning curve on intraoperative surgical time in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 311-317

  Grewal, Dilraj S ^a   Dalal, Ritika R ^a   Jun, Scott ^a   Chou, Jonathan ^a   Basti, Surendra ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED CATARACT SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; FEMALE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; OPERATIVE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84967153418     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20160217-02     Document Type: Article

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