Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 727-730 , April 2007

Primary piggyback implantation of 3 intraocular lenses in nanophthalmos

  • Kathy Y. Cao, MD
    • ,
  • Marisa Sit, MD, FRCSC
    • ,
  • Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, MEd, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, MEd, FRCSC, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 200-245 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4K 1N2.

,Accepted 11 November 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00101-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.11.028

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 727-730 , April 2007

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