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Wide-angle viewing lens fogging: solving a common problem in vitreoretinal surgery

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  1. Department of Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University of Cagliari, Via Ospedale 48, 09124, Cagliari, Italy

    Giuseppe Demarinis, Filippo Tatti & Enrico Peiretti

  2. Clinica Oculistica, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

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Demarinis, G., Tatti, F. & Peiretti, E. Wide-angle viewing lens fogging: solving a common problem in vitreoretinal surgery. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 259, 1075–1077 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-05013-y

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