Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 2219-2222 , October 2004

Secondary pigmentary glaucoma associated with piggyback intraocular lens implantation

  • Shirley H.L. Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Shirley H.L. Chang, MD, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, 5 Fu-Hsing Street, Kuei-Shan Hsiang, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Gerald Lim, MD

,Accepted 11 March 2004.

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☆ Presented at the annual meeting of the Ophthalmologic Society of Taipei, Taiwan, December 2002.

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

PII: S0886-3350(04)00400-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.03.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 2219-2222 , October 2004

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