Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1217-1226 , July 2007

Canaloplasty: Circumferential viscodilation and tensioning of Schlemm's canal using a flexible microcatheter for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma in adults: Interim clinical study analysis

,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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 Drs. Kearney, Lewis, and Tetz are consultants to iScience Interventional. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Supported by iScience Interventional.Robert Stegmann, MD, provided guidance and direction and all the investigators, continuing effort and contributions.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00697-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.051

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1217-1226 , July 2007

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