Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 955-960 , May 2003

After-cataract in adults with primary posterior capsulorhexis: comparison of hydrogel and silicone intraocular lenses with round edges after 2 years

  • Michael Georgopoulos, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Michael Georgopoulos, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna Medical School, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Rupert Menapace, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Oliver Findl, MD

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    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Vanessa Petternel, MD

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    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Barbara Kiss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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  • Georg Rainer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

,Accepted 28 August 2002.

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PII: S0886-3350(02)01814-X

doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01814-X

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 955-960 , May 2003

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