Pterygium Recurrence- Surgical and Adjuvant Therapies

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-...

Surgical treatment and adjuvant therapies of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

UNLABELLED Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis or recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis is a disease of the larynx caused by human papilloma virus, characterized by verrucous epithelial lesions and usually recurring. In the literature there are several types of treatment, such as surgery to cold, laser and/or use of microdebrider, as of adjuvant therapies; all possible to decrease the permanent s...

Recurrence of pterygium after excision.

Efficacy of Subconjunctival Bevacizumab Injections before and after Surgical Excision in Preventing Pterygium Recurrence

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of subconjunctival bevacizumab injections, before and after surgical excision with bare sclera technique, in preventing postoperative pterygium recurrence. MATERIAL AND METHODS 83 eyes of 83 patients affected with primary pterygia underwent surgical excision. 42 eyes received two subconjunctival bevacizumab injections, at the dosage of 2.5 mg/0.1 ml, one week ...

Amniotic Membrane Grafts to Reduce Pterygium Recurrence

PURPOSE To demonstrate the long-term outcome of pterygium surgery with adjunctive amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) and intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) in a large case series. METHODS Medical records were retrieved for this noncomparative retrospective study of all patients who had pterygium excision with adjunctive AMT and intraoperative MMC, from October 2010 to June 2016 with at lea...