Vertical conjunctival bridge flaps in pterygium surgery

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-283

  Kaya, Murat ^b   Tunç, Murat ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; SCLERA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037588763     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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