Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 1014-1018 , June 2007

Comparative study of coaxial phacoemulsification and microincision cataract surgery: One-year follow-up

,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented in part at the XXIII Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.02.035

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 1014-1018 , June 2007

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