The dangerous decline in teaching scleral buckling procedures

Olufemi E Adams¹, Susan M Culican^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Graduate Medical Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Editorial

Olufemi E Adams et al. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;51(6):511-513.

doi: 10.1111/ceo.14274.

Olufemi E Adams¹, Susan M Culican^{1

2}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Graduate Medical Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

No abstract available

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