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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2023; 240(04): 391-393
DOI: 10.1055/a-2004-5330
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Conjunctival Foreign Body Granuloma after Pterygium Excision and Adaptation by Polyglactin Sutures

Konjunktivales Fremdkörpergranulom nach Pterygium-Exzision mit Bindehautadaptation durch Polyglactin-Nähte
Heinrich Gerding
1   Department of Ophthalmology, Pallas Kliniken AG, Olten, Switzerland
2   Department of Ophthalmology, University of Münster Faculty of Medicine, Münster, Germany
,
Klaus Lipke
3   Department of Ophthalmology, Pallas Kliniken AG, Wohlen, Switzerland
,
Peter Raak
4   Department of Ophthalmology, Pallas Kliniken AG, Aarau, Switzerland
,
Christine Brabeck
5   Department of Pathology, Viollier AG, Allschwil, Switzerland
,
Manuel Schlageter
5   Department of Pathology, Viollier AG, Allschwil, Switzerland
,
Christoph Tappeiner
1   Department of Ophthalmology, Pallas Kliniken AG, Olten, Switzerland
6   Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
7   Department of Ophthalmology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, University Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy
8   Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
,
David Goldblum
1   Department of Ophthalmology, Pallas Kliniken AG, Olten, Switzerland
9   Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Abbreviations

OD: oculus dexter (right eye)
OS: oculus sinister (left eye)
OU: oculus uterque (both eyes)
 



Publication History

Received: 04 October 2022

Accepted: 13 December 2022

Article published online:
25 April 2023

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