Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1849-1852 , November 2009

Management of intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome–associated iris prolapse using a single iris retractor

  • Naing L. Tint, MRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Naing L. Tint, MRCOphth, Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
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  • Aaron M. Yeung, MRCOphth
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  • Philip Alexander, MRCOphth

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 2 June 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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

PII: S0886-3350(09)00753-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.06.020

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1849-1852 , November 2009

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