Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1281-1291 , July 2003

Simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery

Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Seattle, Washington, April 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2000, and San Diego, California, April 2001, USA.

  • Steve A Arshinoff, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Steve A. Arshinoff, MD, FRCSC, York Finch Eye Associates, 2115 Finch Avenue West, #316, Toronto, Ontario M3N 2V6, Canada.
    • Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
    • ,
  • Yi Ning J Strube, MS

      Affiliations

    • Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
    • ,
  • Ronit Yagev, MD

      Affiliations

    • Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

,Accepted 7 January 2003.

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☆ Funded by SA Research and the Eye Foundation of Canada. SA Research is the private research company of Dr. Arshinoff.

PII: S0886-3350(03)00052-X

doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00052-X

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1281-1291 , July 2003

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