Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 949-954 , May 2003

Suture fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens in anticoagulated patients

  • D.Shawn Parker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Eye Care Specialists, Cape Girardeau, Missouri , USA (Parker)
    • Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
    • ,
  • Francis W Price Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Francis W. Price Jr., MD, Price Vision Group, Inc., 9002 North Meridian Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260, USA.
    • Price Vision Group, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana (Price), USA
    • Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

,Accepted 4 September 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01810-2

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 949-954 , May 2003

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