Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1396-1400 , August 2009

Pupil size with and without adrenaline with diclofenac use before cataract surgery

  • Lindsay Ong-Tone, FRCSC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Lindsay Ong-Tone, FRCSC, Suite 215, 2125 11th Avenue, Regina, S4P 3X3, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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  • Ali Bell, MSc

Received 1 February 2009 ,Revised 17 March 2009 ,Accepted 18 March 2009.

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

 Presented in parts at the XXVI Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Berlin, Germany, September 2008 and at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 2009.

 The operating room nursing staff contributed to the study.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00488-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.03.040

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1396-1400 , August 2009

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