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Posterior Capsular Rent: Early Recognition

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Every eye surgeon has experienced – or will experience – that sinking feeling when the posterior capsule ruptures and vitreous comes forward into the anterior chamber.

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  1. Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Centre, Kolkata, India

    Sayan Das MS

  2. M.M Joshi Eye institute, Hubli, Karnataka, India

    Apoorva Ayachit MS

  3. Chakrabarti Eye Care Centre, No 102, Kochulloor, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695011, India

    Arup Chakrabarti MS

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  1. Chief Cataract and Glaucoma Service, Chakrabarti Eye Care Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

    Arup Chakrabarti

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Das, S., Ayachit, A., Chakrabarti, A. (2017). Posterior Capsular Rent: Early Recognition. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Posterior Capsular Rent. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3586-6_7

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