Conjunctival autograft alone or combined with adjuvant beta-radiation? A randomized clinical trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Viani, Gustavo Arruda ^a   Fonseca, Ellen Carrara ^a   De Fendi, Ligia Issa ^a   Rocha, Eduardo Melani ^b  

^a Marilia Medical School   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta irradiation; Conjunctival autograft; Pterygium; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COSMETICS; IRRADIATION;

ADJUVANT TREATMENT; AFTER-TREATMENT; BETA IRRADIATIONS; CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; SEQUENTIAL TESTS;

SURGERY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; AUTOGRAFT; BETA RADIATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA AUTOGRAFT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCLERA;

EID: 84856394107     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1988     Document Type: Article

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