Role of mitomycin C in pterygium surgery.
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Role of mitomycin C in pterygium surgery.
Mitomycin C in the form of eye drops in a concentration of 0.4 mg/ml (0.04%) was used as adjunctive treatment for primary and recurrent pterygium after surgical excision. The study was concurrent in nature and consisted of 32 pterygia in 30 patients and was done over a period of 36 months. The object was to observe the effect of mitomycin C drops on pterygium recurrence after surgical excision....
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.77.7.433