Should patients with age-related macular degeneration have cataract surgery?;Faut-il opérer de la cataracte les patients porteurs d'une dégénérescence maculaire liée à l'âge?

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 27, Issue 9 II, 2004, Pages

  Abitbol, O ^a,b   Nghiem Buffet, M H ^a   Badelon, I ^a   Fajnkuchen, F ^a   Chaine, G ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Fondation Rotschild   (France)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cataract; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 9444269866     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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