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01-04-2021 | Vitrectomy | Letter to the Editor

Wide-angle viewing lens fogging: solving a common problem in vitreoretinal surgery

Authors: Giuseppe Demarinis, Filippo Tatti, Enrico Peiretti

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Title: Wide-angle viewing lens fogging: solving a common problem in vitreoretinal surgery
Authors: Giuseppe Demarinis
Filippo Tatti
Enrico Peiretti
Publication date: 01-04-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Vitrectomy
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-05013-y