Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 863-867 , May 2009

Management of retained lens fragments after cataract surgery with and without pars plana vitrectomy

  • Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, 301E Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA.
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  • Charles C. Barr, MD

Received 15 October 2008 ,Revised 11 December 2008 ,Accepted 11 December 2008.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the 40th annual meeting of the Retina Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, September 2007.

 Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00084-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.12.030

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 863-867 , May 2009

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