Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2415-2419 , November 2004

Evaluation of cut quality using the Amadeus microkeratome with different settings

,Accepted 4 March 2004.

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☆ None of the authors has a proprietary or financial interest in any device mentioned.

☆☆ Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium of Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, April 2003.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00404-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.03.036

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2415-2419 , November 2004

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