Combined 'symmetrical conjunctival flap transposition' and intraoperative low-dose mitomycin C in the treatment of primary pterygium

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Uçakhan, Ömür Ö ^a,b   Kanpolat, Ayfer ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Conjunctival flap; Mitomycin C; Pterygium; Pterygium surgery

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33645749635     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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