Comparison of pterygium recurrence rates in hispanic and white patients after primary excision and conjunctival autograft

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Kandavel, Rom ^a   Kang, Joann J ^b   Memarzadeh, Farnaz ^c   Chuck, Roy S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival autograft; Ethnicity; Hispanic; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MAXITROL; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CAUCASIAN; CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CONJUNCTIVA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 77649108533     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181b11630     Document Type: Article

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