Small-gauge, sutureless pars plana vitrectomy to manage vitreous loss during phacoemulsification

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1482-1486

  Chalam, K V ^a   Gupta, Shailesh K ^b   Vinjamaram, Sanjay ^b   Shah, Vinay A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY DISK; CORNEA; HUMAN; INCISION; LENS IMPLANTATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0042357067     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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