Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 15-18 , January 2007

Injection of an intraocular lens in an eye without capsular support

,Accepted 17 July 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Claudia Benevento provided the illustrations.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01214-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.07.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 15-18 , January 2007

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