Recurrence of Trachomatous Trichiasis 17 Years After Bilamellar Tarsal Rotation Procedure

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Khandekar, Rajiv ^a,b   Al Hadrami, Khalfan ^a   Sarvanan, Natarajan ^a   Al Harby, Saleh ^a   Mohammed, Ali Jaffer ^c  

^a Eye and Ear Health Care Muscat   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BILAMELLAR TARSAL ROTATION PROCEDURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRACHOMA; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33744825221     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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