Releasable Suture versus Autologous Blood for Pterygium Surgery using Conjunctival Autografts

Analysis of Recurrence Patterns Following Pterygium Surgery With Conjunctival Autografts

The aim of this article is to evaluate and classify pathogenetic origins based on morphologic reproliferative patterns in patients who underwent pterygium excision with a conjunctival autograft. In this retrospective, observational case series, a total of 116 eyes of 116 patients with pterygium who underwent pterygium excision with a conjunctival autograft between February 2009 and May 2011 wer...

A Comparison of Fibrin Glue with Sutures for Conjunctival Autografts in Pterygium Excision Surgery

[Conjunctival autologous transplantation using fibrin glue in primary pterygium].

PURPOSE To assess the rate of recurrence and complications after primary pterygium removal with conjunctival autograft using fibrin tissue adhesive. Secondarily, to compare these results with a retrospective series that underwent the same surgery using sutures. METHODS A hundred and six eyes of 100 patients who underwent surgery with fibrin glue were prospectively studied, while 58 eyes of 51...

[Quantifying and classifying postsurgical pain in pterygium surgery with conjunctival autografts].

OBJECTIVE Quantify and define post-surgical pain after pterygium surgery with conjunctival autografts. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 17 patients. The parameters analysed were, gender, age, pterygium TCL classification, primary characteristics or relapse, usage of isolated tissue adhesive or extra fixation with stitches. A visual analogue pain scale was used immediately after surgery...

Surgery for pterygium using a conjunctival pedunculated flap slide.

Eight hundred and eighty patients (913 eyes) with primary pterygium who were surgically treated from 1983-93 were followed up for 5.7 years on average. Based on the large number of cases and a 10 year period of practice, it was found that pterygium excised with a pedunculated conjunctival flap slide was effective and safe in the treatment of primary pterygium. The recurrence rate of 1.6% (15 ou...