Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 962-965 , June 2007

Surgical technique for suture fixation of a single-piece hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens in the absence of capsule support

  • Hyun-Sub Oh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Hyun-Sub Oh, MD, from the Institute of Vision Research (Oh, Kwon), Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, and Siloam Eye Hospital (Chu), Seoul, Korea, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
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  • Young-Kwang Chu, MD
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  • Oh-Woong Kwon, MD

,Accepted 27 September 2006.

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

PII: S0886-3350(07)00508-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.050

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 962-965 , June 2007

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