Comparison of conjunctival autograft with amniotic membrane transplantation for pterygium surgery: Surgical and cosmetic outcome

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-413

  Küçükerdönmez, Cem ^a,b   Akova, Yonca A ^a   Altnörs, Dilek Dursun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Conjunctival autograft; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247563814     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318033b3d4     Document Type: Article

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