Comparison of Nd:YAG capsulotomy rates following phacoemulsification with implantation of PMMA, silicone, or acrylic intra-ocular lenses in four European countries

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-329

  Auffarth, Gerd U ^a   Brezin, Antoine ^b   Caporossi, Aldo ^c   Lafuma, Antoine ^d   Mendicute, Javier ^e   Bordeaux, Gilles ^f   Smith, Andrew F ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b université Paris Cité   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^e HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^f Alcon Laboratories   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h Alcon Laboratories Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsulotomy; Cataract surgery; Intra ocular lens implantation; Nd:YAG laser; Phacoemulsification; Posterior capsular opacification

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 9644294334     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580490515116     Document Type: Review

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