Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1611-1614 , October 2006

Cataract surgery management in patients taking tamsulosin: Staged approach

  • Sridhar Manvikar, FRCOphth
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  • David Allen, FRCS, FRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: David Allen, FRCOphth, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland, SR2 9HP, United Kingdom.

,Accepted 30 April 2006.

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 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, March 2006.Neither author has a proprietary or financial interest in the material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00889-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.04.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1611-1614 , October 2006

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