Complications of cosmetic wide conjunctivectomy combined with postsurgical mitomycin C application

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-252

  Rhiu, Soolienah ^a   Shim, Jongwoo ^a   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a   Chung, Sung Kun ^b   Lee, Jong Soo ^c   Lee, Jong Bok ^a   Seo, Kyoung Yul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avascular sclera; Cosmetic wide conjunctivectomy; Mitomycin C; Restrictive strabismus

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ABNORMAL VESSEL GROWTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONJUNCTIVAL EPITHELIAL DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA RESECTION; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE FIBER EXPOSURE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE INSERTION SITE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROVASCULAR CONJUNCTIVAL ADHESION AT THE MUSCLE INSERTION SITE; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLAQUE CALCIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERAL THINNING; STRABISMUS SURGERY; TENON CAPSULE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTRINGENTS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84863146008     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0B013E3182343073     Document Type: Article

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