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Combined phacoemulsification and lens implantation with vitreous surgery in macular disorders

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Combined surgery became safer during the last years, because surgical techniques and new materials reached a high level of development in anterior and posterior segment surgery. Patients with cataract in combination with vitreoretinal diseases, especially with macular disorders, profit from these improvements.

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Jahn, C.E., Binder, S., Krebs, I., Stolba, U., Mihalics, C., Abri, A. (2004). Combined phacoemulsification and lens implantation with vitreous surgery in macular disorders. In: Binder, S. (eds) The Macula. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7985-7_16

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