Bimanual Phaco - Mastering the Phakonit_MICS Technique - A. Agarwal (Slack, 2005) WW

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AMAR AGARWAL, MS, FRCS, FRCOPHTH
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Bimanual phaco : mastering the phakonit/mics technique / [edited by] Amar Agarwal.
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ISBN 1-55642-717-4 (hardcover)
1. Phacoemulsification. 2. Cataract--Surgery.
[DNLM: 1. Phacoemulsification--methods. 2. Phacoemulsification--instrumentation. WW 260 B611
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