Assessment of fibrin glue in pterygium surgery

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Por, Yong Ming ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore National Eye Research Institute   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Fibrin glue; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75649139549     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a38fda     Document Type: Article

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