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Treatment of (recurrent) pterygium oculi by lamellar keratoplasty

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Apart from cosmetic problems, pterygium oculi can cause functional disturbances, especially when it recurs after (repeated) operative removal: diplopia and/or reduced visual acuity.

The results we obtained with the treatment of these functional disturbances by various types of lamellar keratoplasty in 20 patients (22 eyes) are good.

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  1. Eye Department, Academic Hospital University of Amsterdam, 1e Helmersstraat04, 1054 EG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. L. Dake, R. A. Crone & R. J. W. De Keizer

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Dake, C.L., Crone, R.A. & De Keizer, R.J.W. Treatment of (recurrent) pterygium oculi by lamellar keratoplasty. Doc Ophthalmol 48, 223–230 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141445

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