Safety and efficacy of the technique of complete Tenon's membrane excision and mitomycin C in pterygium surgery

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 105-108

  Levy, Richard L ^a   Naidu, Srilata ^a   Jacobson, Lawrence ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gouverneur Healthcare Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare sclera; Mitomycin C; Pterygium; Recurrence; Resection; Surgery; Technique; Tenon's membrane

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; EYE DROPS; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DRUG EFFECT; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244490347     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000140908.17491.A0     Document Type: Article

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