Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 413-417 , March 2010

Surgically induced astigmatism after phacoemulsification with and without correction for posture-related ocular cyclotorsion: Randomized controlled study

Presented at the annual conference of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists, Kilkenny, Ireland, May 2009, and the XXVII Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Barcelona, Spain, September 2009.

Received 26 May 2009 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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PII: S0886-3350(09)01128-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.10.033

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 413-417 , March 2010

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