Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 50-55 , January 2006

Long-time results and associations between subjective visual difficulties with car driving and objective visual function 5 years after cataract surgery

  • Eva Mönestam, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Eva Mönestam, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Sciences/Ophthalmology, Umeå University, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Britta Lundqvist, MD

,Accepted 23 June 2005.

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 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California, USA, May 2004.Supported by grants from Crown Princess Margareta's Committee for the Blind, Stockholm, and the Umeå University Research Fund, Umeå, Sweden.Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00891-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.06.052

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 50-55 , January 2006

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