Biometric description of 34589 eyes undergoing cataract surgery: sex differences

Marta Jiménez-García1, Francisco J Segura-Calvo, Martín Puzo

  • 1From the GIMSO, Institute for Health Research Aragón, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain (Jiménez-García, Segura-Calvo, Puzo, Castro-Alonso); UFR, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain (Jiménez-García, Segura-Calvo, Puzo, Castro-Alonso); ARCCA, Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Gracia, Zaragoza, Spain (Jiménez-García, Segura-Calvo, Puzo, Castro-Alonso); Surgery Department, Ophthalmology Area, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain (Segura-Calvo); Department of Ophthalmology, Alcañiz Hospital, Alcañiz (Teruel), Spain (Puzo, Castro-Alonso).

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