Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 187-188 , February 2007

Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty under topical anesthesia

  • John P. Fang, MD
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  • M. Bowes Hamill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: M. Bowes Hamill, MD, One Baylor Plaza, NC205, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

,Accepted 26 September 2006.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Supported in part by Alcon, Fort Worth, Texas; Visx, Santa Clara, California; and the Hamill Foundation, Houston, Texas, USA; and Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01342-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.026

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 187-188 , February 2007

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