Life quality assessment of patients after phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction
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Life quality assessment of patients after phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction.
PURPOSE To study the quality of life, treatment outcomes, and satisfaction in patients who have undergone cataract surgery Methods: This comparative case series study was conducted at the Ophthalmology Service of the Bettina Ferro de Souza University Hospital, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Totally, 60 patients with cataract were included; 50% underwent conventional extracapsular cataract extraction (ECE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0004-2749
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20140005