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Perfluorocarbon-Perfused 25-Gauge Vitrectomy

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Vitreo-retinal Surgery

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Garcia-Aguirre, G., Quiroz-Mercado, H. (2009). Perfluorocarbon-Perfused 25-Gauge Vitrectomy. In: Rizzo, S., Patelli, F., Chow, D.R. (eds) Vitreo-retinal Surgery. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68586-9_12

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