Pterygium Surgery with Mitomycin C: How Much Sclera Should Be Left Bare?

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 721-725

  Avisar, Rahamim ^a   Weinberger, Dov ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bare sclera; Complications; Conjunctiva; Pterygium recurrence; Pterygium surgery

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; HYALURONIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C; OXYBUPROCAINE; PHENIMIXIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLERAL DISEASES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0242349738     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200311000-00003     Document Type: Article

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