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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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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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