Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 540-541 , March 2007

Unusual complication after laser in situ keratomileusis: Eyelash under the flap

  • James Chuan-Hsin Pan, FRCSEd(Ophth)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. James Chuan-Hsin Pan, Consultant, the Eye Institute, National Healthcare Group, Department of Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433.
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  • Geoffrey James Crawford, FRANZCO

,Accepted 18 October 2006.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, March 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01565-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.10.049

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 540-541 , March 2007

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