Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 892-896 , June 2008

Chandelier illumination to complete Descemet stripping through severe hazy cornea during Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

,Accepted 28 February 2008.

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

 Presented in part as a video at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 2008.

 Supported in part by research grants from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Tokyo, Japan.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00318-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.02.032

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 892-896 , June 2008

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