Do mersilene sutures need to be removed after cataract surgery?

Eye

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 555-557

  Hollick, Emma J ^a,b   Moosa, Murad ^a   Casswell, Anthony G ^a  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; NYLON;

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCUS; SUTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0029854214     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1996.128     Document Type: Article

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