Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1570-1574 , September 2009

Comparison of early corneal endothelial cell loss after coaxial phacoemulsification through 1.8 mm microincision and bimanual phacoemulsification through 1.7 mm microincision

Received 9 December 2008 ,Revised 6 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2009.

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

 Presented in part at the XXVI Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Berlin, Germany, September 2008.

 Supported by grant number 502-11-845 to M. Wilczynski from the Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00569-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.05.014

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1570-1574 , September 2009

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