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Targeting Emmetropia in Endothelial Keratoplasty

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It is my unwavering desire and goal in every eye surgery to achieve a higher level of vision outcome or at least not to decrease the vision potential from the preoperative status no matter how difficult the condition or complexity of the case maybe.

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  1. Gulani Vision Institute, 8075 Gate Parkway (W) Suite 102& 103, Jacksonville, FL, 32216, USA

    Arun C. Gulani MD, MS (Chief Surgeon and Founding Director)

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Correspondence to Arun C. Gulani MD, MS .

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  1. Director and Chief, Dr. Agarwal's Refractive and Cornea Foundation, Dr. Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals, Chennai, India

    Soosan Jacob

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Gulani, A.C. (2016). Targeting Emmetropia in Endothelial Keratoplasty. In: Jacob, S. (eds) Mastering Endothelial Keratoplasty . Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2821-9_13

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