Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 804-807 , May 2007

Preoperative topical indomethacin to prevent pseudophakic cystoid macular edema

,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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

PII: S0886-3350(07)00314-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.01.033

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 804-807 , May 2007

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