Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 955-958 , June 2007

Ab externo direct suture technique for dislocated intraocular lens

  • Eun Jee Chung, MD
    • ,
  • Chan Yun Kim, MD
    • ,
  • Hyoung Jun Koh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Hyoung Jun Koh, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Sodaemungu Shinchondong 134, Seoul 120-752, Korea.

,Accepted 24 December 2006.

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

PII: S0886-3350(07)00507-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.12.038

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 955-958 , June 2007

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