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Jun 2022
27m 50s

Vitrectomy Cost Analysis

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
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Dr. Rajesh Rao discusses the increasing cost and lack of Medicare reimbursement of vitrectomy surgery with Dr. Shriji Patel from his 2021 Ophthalmology Retina article, "Cost Analysis of Routine Vitrectomy Surgery."

Cost Analysis of Routine Vitrectomy Surgery. Berkowitz, Sean T. et al. Ophthalmology Retina, Volume 5, Issue 6, 496 – 502.

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