Abstract
Iris abnormalities frequently occur as a result of penetrating trauma, blunt injuries, surgical injuries (most frequently after cataract surgeries) and as congenital reason such as in cases with iris coloboma, and corectopia.
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Kim, W.S., Kim, K.H. (2016). Iris Surgeries. In: Challenges in Cataract Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46092-4_9
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