Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1927-1934 , November 2009

Analysis of surface whitening of extracted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses

Received 20 March 2009 ,Revised 4 June 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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

 Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons, Kobe, Japan, January 2009.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00755-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.07.004

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1927-1934 , November 2009

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