Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 980-986 , June 2009

Anterior-assisted levitation for the posteriorly dislocated intraocular lens

  • Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Soon-Phaik Chee, FRCOphth, Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, Singapore.

Received 27 October 2008 ,Revised 1 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2009.

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 The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00255-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.01.030

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 980-986 , June 2009