Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 281-286 , February 2007

Functional and anatomical outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery for posterior segment complications after elective cataract surgery

,Accepted 15 October 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented at the joint meeting of the Societas Ophthalmologica Europeae and the Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft 2005, Berlin, Germany, September 2005.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01419-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.10.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 281-286 , February 2007

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