Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1615-1620 , October 2006

Effect of a closed foldable equator ring on capsular bag shrinkage in cataract surgery

,Accepted 17 May 2006.

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

PII: S0886-3350(06)00879-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.05.012

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1615-1620 , October 2006

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