Absorbable Versus Silk Sutures for Surgical Treatment of Trachomatous Trichiasis in Ethiopia: A Randomised Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Trachoma causes blindness through an anatomical abnormality called trichiasis (lashes touching the eye). Trichiasis can recur after corrective surgery. We tested the hypothesis that using absorbable sutures instead of silk sutures might reduce the risk of recurrent disease among patients...

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Autores principales: Rajak, Saul N., Habtamu, Esmael, Weiss, Helen A., Kello, Amir Bedri, Gebre, Teshome, Genet, Asrat, Bailey, Robin L., Mabey, David C. W., Khaw, Peng T., Gilbert, Clare E., Emerson, Paul M., Burton, Matthew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22180732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001137

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22180732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001137

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