Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 791-795 , May 2007

Primary piggyback implantation using the ReSTOR intraocular lens: Case series

,Accepted 25 January 2007.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00164-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.01.016

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 791-795 , May 2007

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