Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1606-1610 , October 2006

Using endoscopy to teach cataract surgery

,Accepted 17 April 2006.

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 Supported in part by grants from Research to Prevent Blindness and the Norman Knight Ophthalmology Legacy Fund.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00874-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.04.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1606-1610 , October 2006