Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 2606-2611 , December 2004

Analysis of the capsule edge after Fugo plasma blade capsulotomy, continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, and can-opener capsulotomy

,Accepted 23 March 2004.

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 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, April 2003.Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York, USA.None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any product mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00555-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.05.020

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 2606-2611 , December 2004

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