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    Stephen G. Slade M.D.

  2. New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 750 Washington St., Box 450, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Helen K. Wu M.D. (Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology)

  3. Ophthalmology Refractive Surgery Department, New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 750 Washington St., Box 450, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Waleed A. Allam M.D. (Research Fellow)

  4. Paseo de la Castellana 20, 28046, Madrid, Spain

    Julio Baviera M.D.

  5. Minnesota Eye Institute, 710 E. 24th Street, Suite 106, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, USA

    David R. Hardten M.D. (Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology)

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  2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, 3.138 EEI MC 648, 1855 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

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Slade, S.G., Wu, H.K., Allam, W.A., Baviera, J., Hardten, D.R. (2008). LASIK: Intraoperative (Flap) Complications. In: Alió, J.L., Azar, D.T. (eds) Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37584-5_3

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