Combined mitomycin C application and free flap conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 598-603

  Segev, Fani ^a   Jaeger Roshu, Simona ^b   Gefen Carmi, Noa ^b   Assia, Ehud I ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Mitomycin C; Pterygium; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0141819934     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200310000-00003     Document Type: Article

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