Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1065-1069 , July 2008

Slitlamp needle revision of capsular block syndrome

  • Pierre G. Mardelli, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Pierre G. Mardelli, MD, PO Box 113-5786, Beirut, Lebanon.

,Accepted 8 March 2008.

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 The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00415-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.04.013

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1065-1069 , July 2008

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