Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 767-769 , May 2007

Fish-tail technique for capsular tension ring insertion

  • Romesh I. Angunawela, MRCOphth
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  • Brian Little, FRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Mr. Brian Little, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom.

,Accepted 19 December 2006.

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  3. Gimbel HV, Sun R. Clinical applications of capsular tension rings in cataract surgery. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 2002;33:44–53

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

PII: S0886-3350(07)00318-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.12.036

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 767-769 , May 2007

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