Importance of Side Marking In Ophthalmic Surgery

Surgeon

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-85

  Whitel, M M ^a   Gupta, M ^b   Utman, S A K ^a   Dhillon, B ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Princess Alexandra   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marking; Wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349155958     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(09)80021-8     Document Type: Article

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