Polyglactin sutures versus nylon sutures for suturing of conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery: A randomized, controlled trial

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 658-661

  Wong, Victoria W Y ^a,b   Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Lam, Dennis D C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Nylon; Polyglactin; Pterygium; Vicryl

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MAXITROL; NEOMYCIN; NYLON; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548209239     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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