Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2366-2370 , November 2004

Efficacy of the soft-shell technique using Viscoat and Hyal-2000

  • Hyojin Kim, MS
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  • Choun-Ki Joo, MD,PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Choun-Ki Joo, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, #505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul, 137-040, Korea.

,Accepted 24 February 2004.

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☆ Supported in part by 2000-N-NL-01-C-121 from the National Research Lab Program, Seoul, Korea.

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

PII: S0886-3350(04)00415-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.089

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2366-2370 , November 2004

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