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Wound Closure

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There are two (or three) wounds which need to be closed during a SICS surgery, namely:

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Basak, S.K., Basak, S. (2016). Wound Closure. In: Henderson, B. (eds) Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24666-6_11

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