Laser-assisted cataract surgery versus standard ultrasound phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Day, Alexander C ^a   Gore, Daniel M ^a   Bunce, Catey ^a   Evans, Jennifer R ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA THICKNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER ASSISTED CATARACT SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; LENS IMPLANT; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; REVIEW; SELECTION BIAS; STANDARD ULTRASOUND PHACOEMULSIFICATION CATARACT SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANTERIOR CAPSULAR RUPTURE, OCULAR; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MACULAR EDEMA; META ANALYSIS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; POSTERIOR CAPSULAR RUPTURE, OCULAR; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CAPSULAR RUPTURE, OCULAR; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MACULAR EDEMA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR CAPSULAR RUPTURE, OCULAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84977654215     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010735.pub2     Document Type: Review

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