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Response to letter to the editor Re: Baumgarten et al.: Vitrectomy with and without encircling band for pseudophakic retinal detachment with inferior breaks: VIPER study report no. 3. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;256(11):2069–2073. doi: 10.1007/s00417-018-4106-6. Epub 2018 Aug 23

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    Sabine Baumgarten, Gernot Rössler, Peter Walter & Babac Mazinani

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Baumgarten, S., Rössler, G., Walter, P. et al. Response to letter to the editor Re: Baumgarten et al.: Vitrectomy with and without encircling band for pseudophakic retinal detachment with inferior breaks: VIPER study report no. 3. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;256(11):2069–2073. doi: 10.1007/s00417-018-4106-6. Epub 2018 Aug 23. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 257, 845–846 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-019-04269-3

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