Cataract surgery in uveitis: a multicentre database study.

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Abstract

Cataract is an important source of visual loss in patients with uveitis. Whether or not outcomes of cataract surgery in eyes with uveitis are worse compared with non-uveitic eyes have to date been compromised by lack of reliable estimates of benefit and harm, which require data from large cohorts.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Br J Ophthalmol

Title: The British journal of ophthalmology

Publisher: BMJ

ISSN (Electronic): 1468-2079

ISSN (Print): 0007-1161

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2017

Volume: 101

Issue: 8

Affiliations

[1 ] Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Sciences and School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

[2 ] Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK.

[3 ] Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL, London, UK.

[4 ] National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

[5 ] Gloucestershire Eye Unit, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, UK.

[6 ] Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK.

[7 ] Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

[8 ] Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Article

Publisher Item ID: bjophthalmol-2016-309047

DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309047

PubMed ID: 28043984

SO-VID: cf00f6fb-97e6-45cf-8372-53de622b457d

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Keywords: Inflammation,Lens and zonules,Treatment Surgery

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Keywords: Inflammation, Lens and zonules, Treatment Surgery

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