Outcomes of autoconjunctival grafting for primary pterygia when performed by consultant compared with trainee ophthalmologists

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 857-860

  Farrah, Jonathon J ^a   Lee, Graham A ^a,b,c   Greenrod, Edward ^b   Vieira, Janice ^a  

^a City Eye Centre   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoconjunctival graft; Pterygium; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOCONJUNCTIVAL GRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CYST; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT FAILURE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845347833     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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