Pterygium recurrence after excision with conjunctival autograft: A comparison of fibrin tissue adhesive to absorbable sutures

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-45

  Farid, Marjan ^a   Pirnazar, Jonathan Ramin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Eye Center of Orange County   (United States)

^c TLC Laser Eye Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Pterygium; Recurrence; Tisseel glue; Tissue adhesive

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; FIBRIN GLUE; POLYGLACTIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; TISSUE GROWTH; AGED; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 62149106393     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318183a362     Document Type: Article

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