A Pterygium is a characteristic triangular shaped fibrovascular growth of conjunctival and subconjunctival tissue, which invades the cornea between the epithelium and Bowman’s layer at its apex. Pterygia occur within the intrapalpebral space and are more common on the nasal rather than temporal side.They have three components: the cap, a grey avascular zone that precedes the head of the lesion ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and recurrence of pterygium following 90 degrees versus zero degrees and 180 degrees rotation autograft for treating primary pterygium. METHODS We included in this observational, prospective, and comparative study, 74 patients (47 males, 27 females) with advanced primary pterygium, with a mean age of 47.5 years (range 19-79 years). This study was co...

PURPOSE To report the results of one 60 degrees conjunctival limbal autograft (CLAU) combined with amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation for an eye with total limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD). METHODS One eye of a patient with chronic total LSCD and symblepharon caused by chemical burn was subjected to symblepharon lysis, removal of pannus from corneal surface, AM transplantation to cover ...

AIMS To evaluate the efficiency of multimicroporous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) insertion in complicated multirecurrent pterygia. METHODS A total of 62 eyes from 62 patients with a multirecurrent pterygium associated with symblepharon or motility restriction-related binocular diplopia were recruited. All eyes underwent pterygia excision followed by application of 0.033% mitomyci...