Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1824-1827 , November 2008

Visco-shell technique with sodium hyaluronate 2.3% in phacoemulsification of Morgagnian cataract

  • Masaki Sato, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Masaki Sato, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575 Japan.
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  • Yukiko Mizushima, MD
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  • Tetsuro Oshika, MD, PhD

,Accepted 26 May 2008.

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

 Presented in part at the 31st annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons, Kanagawa, Japan, February 2008, and the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 2008.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00844-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.064

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1824-1827 , November 2008

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