Efficacy and Safety of Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery Compared with Manual Cataract Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of 14 567 Eyes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2113-2126

  Popovic, Marko ^a   Campos Möller, Xavier ^a,b   Schlenker, Matthew B ^a,b   Ahmed, Iqbal Ike K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Prism Eye Institute   (Canada)

^c CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE RUPTURE; LENS IMPLANT; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PATIENT SAFETY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHACOFRAGMENTATION UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PROCEDURES;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84991056294     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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