Comparison of pterygium recurrence rates after limbal conjunctival autograft transplantation and other techniques: Meta-analysis

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1422-1427

  Zheng, Kangkeng ^a   Cai, Jianhao ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^a,b,c   Chen, Haoyu ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

amniotic membrane transplant; limbal conjunctival autograft; meta analysis; pterygium; treatment

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIMBAL CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK;

CONJUNCTIVA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84870219182     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823cbecb     Document Type: Article

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