Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1096-1103 , July 2008

Combined cataract extraction and trabeculotomy by the internal approach for coexisting cataract and open-angle glaucoma: Initial results

,Accepted 30 March 2008.

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 Drs. Minckler and Francis are paid consultants to NeoMedix. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00411-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.03.032

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1096-1103 , July 2008

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