Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 189-190 , February 2007

Simple technique to unfold the donor corneal lenticule during Descemet's stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty

,Accepted 26 September 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Supported in part by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01437-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.035

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 189-190 , February 2007

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