Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 181-184 , September 2001

III. Injectional Orbital Anesthesia for Cataract Surgery

  • Clark L Springs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV USA
    • ,
  • Geoffrey Broocker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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☆ The authors have no commercial or proprietary interest in any product or idea discussed in this article.

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Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 181-184 , September 2001

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