Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1665-1670 , October 2009

Decrease and conquer: Phacoemulsification technique for hard nucleus cataracts

  • Hong Kyun Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Hong Kyun Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, #50, Samduk–2Ga, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, South Korea.

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 5 May 2009.

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

 Presented at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 2008.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00673-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.05.038

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1665-1670 , October 2009

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