Effect of pterygium morphology on pterygium recurrence in a controlled trial comparing conjunctival autografting with bare sclera excision

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1235-1240

  Tan, Donald T H ^a,c   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a   Dear, Keith B G ^b   Lim, Arthur S M ^a  

^a Singapore Notional Eye Centre   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROURACIL; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030769085     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160405001     Document Type: Article

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