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Surgical Techniques for Small Incision Cataract Surgery

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Fine, I.H., Packer, M., Hoffman, R.S. (2005). Surgical Techniques for Small Incision Cataract Surgery. In: Kohnen, T., Koch, D.D. (eds) Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26678-X_2

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