Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1490-1491 , August 2007

Sub-Tenon's block complicated by subconjunctival cilia

  • Sher A. Aslam, MRCOphth
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  • Hari Jayaram, MA, MRCSEd, MRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Mr. Hari Jayaram, Western Eye Hospital, 153-173 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5QH, United Kingdom.
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  • Naser Ali, MBBS

,Accepted 9 April 2007.

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

PII: S0886-3350(07)00821-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.04.017

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1490-1491 , August 2007