Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , January 2006

Comparative clinical trial of ultrasound phacoemulsification with and without the WhiteStar system

,Accepted 18 July 2005.

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 Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, April 2002.Supported by Advanced Medical Optics, Santa Ana, California, USA.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00884-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.10.026

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , January 2006

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