Two-piece, dual-purpose comprehensive contact lens for vitreous surgery

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 175-178

  Chalam, K V ^a,b   Shah, Vinay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Vitrectomy; Vitreous surgery; Wide angle lens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CONTACT LENS; EYE SURGERY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITREOUS BODY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; VITRECTOMY;

CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 25144466138     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086465     Document Type: Article

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