Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 966-970 , June 2007

Sequential Intacs and Verisyse phakic intraocular lens for refractive improvement in keratoconic eyes

,Accepted 14 February 2007.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented at the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, United Kingdom, September 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00450-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.02.024

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 966-970 , June 2007