Results of pterygium surgery using a biologic adhesive

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-667

  Ayala, Marcelo ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adhesives; Pterygium; Recurrences

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47949130751     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000611388.19665.c8     Document Type: Article

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