Treatment of pterygium with conjunctival limbal autograft and mitomycin C - A comparative study

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 200-204

  Biswas, Mukul Chandra ^a   Shaw, Chittaranjan ^a,b   Mandal, Radhakrishna ^a,b   Islam, Nazrul Md ^a,b   Chakroborty, Milan ^a,b  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Midnapore Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Conjunctival limbal autograft; Mitomycin C; Pterygium; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MITOMYCIN C; OFLOXACIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PTERYGIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248844152     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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