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2/2005
vol. 107 abstract:
Original paper
Sir Harold Ridley – the creator of modern cataract surgery
Iwona Obuchowska
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Zofia Mariak
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Klinika Oczna 2005, 107(4-6): 382-384
Online publish date: 2005/07/02
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In February 2000, the worldwide ophthalmology community celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of the twentieth century`s most important innovations in eye care – the implantation of the first intraocular lens after cataract extraction by Sir Harold Ridley. It was the initiation of a golden age for the development of ophthalmology, especially cataract surgery. In our paper we would like to remember this outstanding English ophthalmologist and his great invention
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Sir Harold Ridley, intraocular lens, cataract surgery |
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