Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1489-1494 , September 2008

Fellow-eye comparison of posterior capsule opacification with AcrySof SN60AT and AF-1 YA-60BB blue-blocking intraocular lenses

,Accepted 2 May 2008.

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 Drs. Spalton and Boyce are consultants to Alcon. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented at the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, United Kingdom, September 2006, and the XXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007.

 Supported by a research grant from Alcon Laboratories.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00541-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.024

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1489-1494 , September 2008

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