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GEORGE SLOCUM, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1933;10(3):329-341.

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Volumes have been written on the subject of cataract extraction, and volumes will continue to be written, for it is at once the most difficult, the most delicate and the most fascinating of operations. In this paper I shall first give a brief history of the development of the conjunctival bridge, the corneal suture, the conjunctival suture and the combination of conjunctival bridge and suture, together with references to the literature. I shall next describe my modification of the bridge, give the technic of the operation in some detail and state the reasons which led to its combination with a suture. Diagrams are given to illustrate the operations described, and the included tables give the comparative results.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRIDGE OPERATION

The dangers and complications, operative and postoperative, incident to a cataract operation depend to a large extent on the cooperation of the patient. When a frightened, hypersensitive . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH.

From the Department of Ophthalmic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School.

Footnotes
Dr. Slocum died on March 24, 1933.

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