Recent advances in foreign body extractors

SUMMARY The latest technological advances are reviewed and a new instrument dedicated to ferrous foreign body removal, "the Rare-Earth IOM", is described. The Rare-Earth intraocular magnet is a simple but powerful instrument that replaces the older and bulkier electromagnets commonly used...

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Main Authors: Jean-Marie Parel, Michel Eid Farah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27491991000200081&lng=en&tlng=en