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25-Gauge Vitreous Surgery: Getting Started

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Vitreo-retinal Surgery

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  1. Retina-Vitreous Associates, Baptist North Medical Office Bldg., 2011 Murphy Avenue, Suite 603, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA

    C. C. Awh

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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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Awh, C.C. (2009). 25-Gauge Vitreous Surgery: Getting Started. 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_8

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