Excision of pterygium and conjunctival autograft

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1097-1100

  Varssano, David ^a,b   Michaeli Cohen, Adi ^a,b   Loewenstein, Anat ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Excision; Pterygium; Recurrence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING;

AUTOGRAFT;

SURGERY;

NYLON; POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OCULAR FIBROSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036919893     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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