Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1828-1831 , November 2008

Polypropylene suture–guided valve tube for posterior chamber implantation in patients with pseudophakic glaucoma

,Accepted 13 May 2008.

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

 Dr. José I. Belda provided comments about the surgical procedure. Roman Ferrero supplied the Figure 1 drawings.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00843-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.063

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1828-1831 , November 2008

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