Pterygium excision with free conjunctival autograft (FCG) versus postoperative strontium 90 (90Sr) beta-irradiation. A prospective study

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 335-341

  De Keizer, R J W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjuvant topical therapy; Pterygium; Strontium 90 beta irradiation; Superficial free conjunctival autograft

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CORTICOSTEROID; MITOMYCIN C; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031390472     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006070503345     Document Type: Article

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