Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 912-916 , May 2009

Cataract wound closure with a polymerizing liquid hydrogel ocular bandage

  • John A. Hovanesian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: John A. Hovanesian, MD, 24401 Calle De La Louisa, Suite 300, Laguna Hills, California 92653, USA.

Received 15 October 2008 ,Revised 30 December 2008 ,Accepted 31 December 2008.

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 Dr. Hovanesian is a consultant to I-Therapeutix.

 Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2008.

 Funded by a grant from I-Therapeutix, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00104-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.12.036

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 912-916 , May 2009

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