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Primary 25-Gauge Vitrectomy with Topical Anesthesia for Persistent Vitreous Floaters

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Vitreo-retinal Surgery

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  1. Retina Department Hospital “Dr. Luis Sanchez Bulnes”, Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Vicente Garcia Torres 46 San Lucas Coyoacan, 04030, Mexico City, Mexico

    G. Garcia-Aguirre & V. Morales-Canton (Director)

  2. Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, 700 Delaware Street, Denver, CO, 80204

    H. Quiroz-Mercado (Chief of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology)

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  1. G. Garcia-Aguirre
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  1. Eye Surgery Clinic, Santa Chiara Hospital, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    Stanislao Rizzo MD (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology) (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology)

  2. Milano Retina Center, via Pietro Mascagni, 20, 20122, Milano, Italy

    Fabio Patelli MD

  3. University of Toronto, 23 Ivor Rd., North York, Ontario, M4N 2H3, Canada

    David R. Chow MD

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Garcia-Aguirre, G., Morales-Canton, V., Quiroz-Mercado, H. (2009). Primary 25-Gauge Vitrectomy with Topical Anesthesia for Persistent Vitreous Floaters. 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_13

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