Amniotic membrane graft for primary pterygium: comparison with conjunctival autograft and topical mitomycin C treatment
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Amniotic membrane graft for primary pterygium: comparison with conjunctival autograft and topical mitomycin C treatment.
AIM To study the efficacy and safety of amniotic membrane graft as an adjunctive therapy after removal of primary pterygium, and to compare the clinical outcome with conjunctival autograft and topical mitomycin C. METHODS 80 eyes of 71 patients with primary pterygia were treated with excision followed by amniotic membrane graft. The result was compared retrospectively with 56 eyes of 50 patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.9.973