Extensive versus limited pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft: Outcomes and recurrence rates

Current Eye Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 435-440

  Bahar, Irit ^a,b   Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Weisbrod, Max ^a   McAllum, Penny ^a   Slomovic, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extensive; Limited; Pterygium excision conjunctival autograft; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EXTENSIVE PTERYGIUM EXCISION; EYE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMITED PTERYGIUM EXCISION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47349131296     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802045099     Document Type: Article

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