Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 929-943 , June 2006

Routine posterior optic buttonholing for eradication of posterior capsule opacification in adults: Report of 500 consecutive cases

  • Rupert Menapace, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Prof. Rupert Menapace, MD, University of Vienna Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Wien, Austria.

,Accepted 16 April 2005.

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 The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00236-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.046

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 929-943 , June 2006

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