Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 18-20 , January 2006

Hydro-chop technique for soft lenses

  • Rosa Braga-Mele, MEd, MD, FRCS(C)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Rosa Braga-Mele, MEd, MD, FRCS(C), Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Director of Cataract Unit and Surgical Teaching, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto 245 Danforth Avenue, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N2, Canada.
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  • Baseer U. Khan, MD

,Accepted 20 May 2005.

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

PII: S0886-3350(05)00920-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.11.023

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 18-20 , January 2006

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