Safety and efficacy of fibrin glue versus vicryl sutures in recurrent pterygium with amniotic membrane grafting

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-26

  Mahdy, Reda A ^a   Wagieh, Mostafa M ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane grafting; Fibrin glue; Pterygium; Vicryl

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFTING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERA NECROSIS; SUTURE; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959265870     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328629     Document Type: Article

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