Pterygium surgery: Fibrin glue versus vicryl sutures for conjunctival closure

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1168-1172

  Bahar, Irit ^b   Weinberger, Dov ^b   Dan, Gaton ^b   Avisar, Rahamim ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fibrin glue; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMYCIN; EYE DROPS; FIBRIN GLUE; MITOMYCIN C; NEOMYCIN; POLYGLACTIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE IRRITATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PTERYGIUM SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA; SCLEROTOMY; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 33845737791     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240087.32922.ee     Document Type: Article

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