COMPARISON OF CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT AND CONJUNCTIVAL ROTATION FLAP TECHNIQUES IN PRIMARY PTERYGIUM SURGERY
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Reducing postoperative pterygium recurrence: comparison of free conjunctival auto-graft and conjunctival rotation flap techniques.
OBJECTIVE To compare the recurrence of pterygium between free conjunctival auto-graft and conjunctival rotation flap following simple surgical excision of pterygium. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Shifa Foundation Community Health Clinic, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, from January to November 2012. METHODOLOGY Fifty seven cases aged above 18 yea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2349-2562,2349-2570
DOI: 10.18410/jebmh/2018/268