Comparing treatment options of pterygium: Limbal sliding flap transplantation, primary closing, and amniotic membrane grafting

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 480-487

  Kurna, Sevda Aydin ^a   Altun, Ahmet ^a   Aksu, Bahtinur ^b   Kurna, Riza ^c   Sengor, Tomris ^d  

^a Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Sisli Etfal Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^c PRIVATE PRACTICE   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane grafting; Corneal astigmatism; Limbal conjunctival sliding flap transplantation; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFTING; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; LIMBAL SLIDING FLAP TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY CLOSING SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84878460389     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ejo.5000263     Document Type: Article

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