Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1017-1021 , July 2000

Update on a long-term, prospective study of capsulotomy and retinal detachment rates after cataract surgery

  • Gerald Olsen, MD

      Affiliations

    • a private practice, Fort Collins, Colorado (Olsen), USA
    • ,
  • Randall J Olson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Olson), USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Randall J. Olson, MD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John Moran Eye Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA

,Accepted 10 January 2000.

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☆ Supported in part by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York, to the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah, USA.

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Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1017-1021 , July 2000

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