Long-term results of bare sclera, limbal-Conjunctival autograft and amniotic membrane graft techniques in primary pterygium excisions

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Özer, Ahmet ^a   Yildirim, Nilgün ^a   Erol, Nazmiye ^a   Yurdakul, Sumru ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Bare sclera; Limbal conjunctival autograft; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; BARE SCLERA TECHNIQUE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMBAL CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMNION; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SCLERA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63349088243     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210444     Document Type: Article

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