Adjustment of sutures 8 hours vs 24 hours after strabismus surgery

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 521-524

  Spierer, Abraham ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034067942     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00406-7     Document Type: Article

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