Comparison of de-epithelialized amniotic membrane transplantation and conjunctival autograft after primary pterygium excision
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Comparison of free conjunctival autograft versus amniotic membrane transplantation for pterygium surgery
Purpose To compare the recurrence rate and surgical outcomes of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) and free conjunctival autograft (CAT) for pterygium surgery. Methods In this prospective study, 60 patients with primary pterygium were randomly assigned to two groups of CAT or AMT and were compared in terms of recurrence rate, mean healing time of corneal epithelial defects, the mean leve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702453