Pterygium surgery
By: Lucio Buratto, Robert L. Phillips, Giuseppe Carito ; medical illustrations, Zelda Rocchi.
Contributors: Phillips, Robert L. 1943-; Carito, Giuseppe.
Publisher: Slack
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Thorofare, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Pterygium -- Surgery.; Pterygium -- surgery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical background; title: Epidemiology; title: Etiology; title: Histology; title: Clinical anatomy; title: Clinical picture and classification; title: Clinical evolution; title: Symptoms; title: Differential diagnosis; title: Treatment of pterygium; title: Surgery of pterygium; title: Surgical technique; title: Lamellar keratoplasty in pterygium surgery; title: Surgery of pterygium with limbal grafts; title: Plastic surgery to repair the conjunctiva; title: Technique for excision of the pterygium without scleral cover; title: Mitomycin-C in the treatment of pterygium; title: Other surgical techniques used in pterygium; title: Principles of operating techniques for pterygium; title: Final comments; title: Personal approaches to pterygium; title: Ocular surface transplantation techniques for pterygium surgery; title: Amniotic membrane transplantation in pterygium surgery; title: Antiproliferative therapy for pterygium surgery; title: Questions and answers on pterygium management.