Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1380-1384 , August 2009

Phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens implantation combined with 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy

  • Vaneeta Sood, MRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Miss Vaneeta Sood, MRCOphth, Specialty Registrar Ophthalmology, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, West Yorkshire, HX3 0PW, United Kingdom.
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  • Rubina Rahman, FRCOphth
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  • Alastair K. Denniston, MRCOphth

Received 26 October 2008 ,Revised 8 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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

 Presented at the British and Eire Vitreoretinal Society Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland, November 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00404-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.02.047

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1380-1384 , August 2009

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