Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 914-917 , June 2006

Bimanual microphaco for posterior polar cataracts

,Accepted 4 December 2005.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00242-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.049

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 914-917 , June 2006

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