Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 1401-1404 , July 2004

Suture fixation technique for posterior chamber intraocular lenses

  • Chang-Ping Lin, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Chang-Ping Lin, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nansiau Street 500, Changhua, Taiwan.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Han-Yi Tseng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Changhua, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

,Accepted 13 November 2003.

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☆ Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(03)01142-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.044

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 1401-1404 , July 2004

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