Fibrin glue-assisted conjunctival closure in pars plana vitrectomy where conjunctival closure with a suture would be difficult

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 688-691

  Choi, Si Hwan ^a,b   Lee, Eun Kyoung ^a   Nam, Ki Yup ^a   Kim, Jung Yeul ^a,b  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conjunctival closure; Fibrin glue; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SCLEROTOMY; SUTURE; VITRECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; VITRECTOMY; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951206994     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181cdf398     Document Type: Article

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