Conjunctival autograft versus topical mitomycin C in treatment of pterygium
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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: Eye
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.206