Primary Radical Excision of Pterygium with Minimal Incidence of Recurrence

Recurrence of pterygium after excision.

Epidemiology and recurrence rate of pterygium post excision in Ghanaians.

OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology and recurrence rate of pterygium after excision using bare sclera technique. DESIGN Prospective non-comparative study. SETTING Ophthalmology unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. METHODS The study involved 60 consecutive patients with primary apterygial from July 1998 to December 2000 who had bare sclera excision after informed consent. T...

limbal autograft after excision of primary and recurrent pterygium

purpose: to report the result of limbal autografting in primary and recurrent pterygium. methods: in this case series, all patients who were referred to our clinic at farabi hospital, isfahan, iran for treatment of pterygium were included. indications of surgery included chronic ocular irritation, impaired or threatened vision, ocular motility problem and cosmetic reasons. under subconjunctiona...

Risk Factors Involved in Pterygium Recurrence after Surgical Excision

Material and Methods: This retrospective, descriptive case series was carried out at the department of ophthalmology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. One hundred forty seven patient’s (147 eyes) data files were analyzed from 1999 to 2009, who underwent surgical removal of pterygium using bare sclera method with MMC in concentration of 0.2 mg / ml (0.02%) with variable exposure time of 1-...

Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft

This paper will discuss the different approaches to the surgical management of pterygium, emphasizing the conjunctival autograft technique and the use of antimetabolites. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Clinically, a pterygium is a wing-shaped fibrovascular growth arising from the bulbar conjunctiva onto the superficial cornea.1 It is composed of a body, which overlies the sclera, and a head, which conf...