Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 991-995 , June 2008

Prospective randomized controlled trial to compare the effect on the macula of AquaLase liquefaction and ultrasound phacoemulsification cataract surgery

,Accepted 6 February 2008.

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

 Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November 2006, and the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, United Kingdom, September 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00284-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.02.017

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 991-995 , June 2008

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