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THE PREVENTION OF RECURRENT PTERYGIA
Author(s) -
Whaites J. M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87831.x
Subject(s) - pterygium , conversation , subject (documents) , lesion , subtropics , medicine , virtuous circle and vicious circle , history , optometry , surgery , pediatrics , psychology , computer science , biology , communication , economics , macroeconomics , fishery , library science
Whenever two or three ophthalmologists gather together, and particularly if they practise in tropical or subtropical areas, the conversation sooner or later turns to the subject of the surgery of the pterygium and its frequent vicious recurrences. It has been a problem which seemed to be out of all proportion to the size and situation of the lesion.