Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1759-1763 , October 2006

Inadvertent stromal dissection during mechanical separation of the corneal epithelium using an epikeratome

  • Jun-Heon Kim, MD
    • ,
  • Chung-Hoon Oh, MD
    • ,
  • Jong-Suk Song, MD
    • ,
  • Hyo-Myung Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Hyo-Myung Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1 Anam-dong 1-ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea 136-705.

,Accepted 10 April 2006.

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 Presented in part at the XXIII Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2005.No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any method or material mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00924-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.04.041

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1759-1763 , October 2006

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