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  1. Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Bassam El Kady

  2. Vissum Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Miguel Hernández University Medical School, Alicante, Spain Department of Ophthalmology, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Aliió

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    Jorge L. Alió MD, PhD (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology Vissum) (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology Vissum)

  2. Drs. Fine, Hoffman and Packer, Oregon Health & Science University, 1550 Oak Street, Suite 5, Eugene, OR, 97401, USA

    I. Howard Fine MD

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Kady, B.E., Aliió, J.L. (2010). Incision Quality in MICS. In: Alió, J.L., Fine, I.H. (eds) Minimizing Incisions and Maximizing Outcomes in Cataract Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02862-5_38

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