Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1505-1508 , September 2009

Functional visual outcomes of cataract surgery in patients with 20/20 or better preoperative visual acuity

Received 11 February 2009 ,Revised 29 March 2009 ,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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

 Dr. Amesbury is the Klara Spinks Fleming Fellow at the Jules Stein Eye Institute.

 Supported in part by the UCLA Paul J. Vicari endowed research fund at UCLA.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00559-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.04.031

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1505-1508 , September 2009

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