Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 987-991 , June 2009

Incidence of posterior vitreous detachment after cataract surgery

Received 26 November 2008 ,Revised 7 February 2009 ,Accepted 20 February 2009.

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

 Klaus Weber, MD, performed some of the cataract surgery.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00252-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.02.016

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 987-991 , June 2009

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