Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2067-2075 , November 2005

Effect of anterior capsule polishing on posterior capsule opacification and neodymium:YAG capsulotomy rates: Three-year randomized trial

,Accepted 13 March 2005.

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 Presented in part at the XXIst Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Munich, Germany, 2003.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any method or material mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00763-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.08.051

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2067-2075 , November 2005

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