Tectonic corneal lamellar grafting for severe scleral melting after pterygium surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1126-1136

  Ti, Seng Ei ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MITOMYCIN C;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PTERYGIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERITIS; SCLEROMALACIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038321467     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00260-4     Document Type: Article

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