New surgical approach for superior conjunctivochalasis

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 685-691

  Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^a   Casas, Victoria ^a   Esquenazi, Salomon ^a   Blanco, Gabriela ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Raju, V K ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Conjunctivochalasis; Fibrin glue; Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis; Tenon capsule

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; NYLON; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVOCHALASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34447527564     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31805771c6     Document Type: Article

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