Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1760-1763 , September 2005

Patient pain during stretching of small pupils in phacoemulsification performed using topical anesthesia

,Accepted 21 February 2005.

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 Presented at the XXIInd Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Paris, France, September 2004.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00431-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.02.044

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1760-1763 , September 2005

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