Comparison of fibrin glue with sutures for pterygium excision surgery with conjunctival autografts

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 584-589

  Hall, Reece C ^a,b   Logan, Andrew J ^a   Wells, Anthony P ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Fibrin glue; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA AUTOGRAFT; EXCISION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYGLACTIN 910; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349150690     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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