Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 459-465 , March 2009

Posterior capsule opacification and neodymium:YAG laser capsulotomy rates with a round-edged silicone and a sharp-edged hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens 10 years after surgery

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 24 November 2008.

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

 Presented in part at the XXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(08)01197-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.11.044

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 459-465 , March 2009

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