"Phacoemulsification" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A procedure for removal of the crystalline lens in cataract surgery in which an anterior capsulectomy is performed by means of a needle inserted through a small incision at the temporal limbus, allowing the lens contents to fall through the dilated pupil into the anterior chamber where they are broken up by the use of ultrasound and aspirated out of the eye through the incision. (Cline, et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed & In Focus 1993;1(1):1)
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D018918
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MeSH Number(s) |
E04.540.825.249.704 E04.943.875
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phacoemulsification" by people in Profiles.
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Zeng M, Wang R, Cheng B, Yang C, Chen Y, Liu X. Effectiveness of intraoperative intraocular lens use on improving surgical safety for dense cataract phacoemulsification: a randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2020 01 31; 10(1):1600.
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Havnaer AG, Greenberg PB, Cockerham GC, Clark MA, Chomsky A. Cataract surgery practices in the United States Veterans Health Administration. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2017 04; 43(4):543-551.
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Kim SK, Andreoli CM, Rizzo JF, Golden MA, Bradbury MJ. Optic neuropathy secondary to sub-tenon anesthetic injection in cataract surgery. Arch Ophthalmol. 2003 Jun; 121(6):907-9.