Efficacy and safety of recurrent pterygium surgery using human processed pericardium

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 542-545

  Alvarenga, Lenio S ^a   De Sousa, Luciene Barbosa ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   Mannis, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pericardium; Pterygium surgery; Recurrent pterygium

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; PROXYMETACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TISSUE GRAFT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036065673     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200208000-00002     Document Type: Article

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