Lateral tarsorrhaphy: Is it preferable to patching?

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-301

  Panda, Anita ^a,b   Pushker, Neelam ^a   Bageshwar, Lalit Mohan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Epithelial defect; Eye patching; Lamellar keratoplasty; Lateral tarsorrhaphy

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HOMATROPINE; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DISEASE; EPITHELIZATION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYELIDS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032943293     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199905000-00010     Document Type: Article

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