The effect of seprafilm on adhesions in strabismus surgery - An experimental

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-49

  Özkan, Seyhan B ^a   Kir, Erkin ^a   Culhaci, Nil ^a   Dayanir, Volkan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BRAIN FORNIX; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FILM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY;

EID: 1242328694     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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