Mitomycin C and conjunctival autograft for recurrent pterygium

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Altiparmak, Uǧur E ^a   Katircioǧlu, Yasemin Aslan ^a   Yaǧci, Ramazan ^b   Yalniz, Züleyha ^a   Duman, Sunay ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cautery; Conjunctival autograft; Mitomycin C; Recurrent pterygium

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; ONKO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALKYLATING AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 36048945024     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9085-2     Document Type: Article

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