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Combined Phaco/25-Gauge Vitrectomy

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Vitreo-retinal Surgery

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  1. Eye Surgery Clinic, Santa Chiara Hospital, Via Roma, 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    F. Genovesi-Ebert, S. Rizzo (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology) & M. Palla

  2. U.O. Chirurgia Oftalmica S. Chiara Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisana via Roma, Pisa, Italy

    M. Palla

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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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Genovesi-Ebert, F., Rizzo, S., Palla, M. (2009). Combined Phaco/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_19

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