INTRODUCTION The mainstay of treatment for pterygium is surgical excision with or without a graft. The most common problem with this intervention is recurrence, for which a multitude of factors have been described. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the recurrence rate of pterygium in conjunctival autologous graft transplantation after its excision in people living in a hilly region of Nepal Materials and...

BACKGROUND To report the recurrence rate for an anchored conjunctival rotation flap technique in primary pterygium surgery. METHODS Primary pterygium surgeries performed using anchored conjunctival rotation flap techniques (110 eyes in 110 patients) with a minimum follow-up of 12 months were reviewed. In this technique, a conjunctival flap is rotated to cover the bare sclera and suture-fixate...

We report our experience of a case in which a combination of conjunctival symblepharon detachment, conjunctival granuloma excision, and conjunctival free flap transplantation was performed for the treatment of symblepharon after pterygium surgery, with satisfactory outcomes. The patient was referred to our hospital with pterygium recurrence, symblepharon and granuloma formation after pterygiu...

BACKGROUND Pterygium is a fibrovascular growth of the bulbar conjunctiva and underlying subconjunctival tissue that may cause blindness. The mechanism of pterygium formation is not yet fully understood, but pterygium has some tumorlike features. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between arsenic exposure through drinking water and the occurrence of pterygiu...

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of subconjuctival bevacizumab on preventing the recurrence in primary pterygium excision Methods: This randomized, placebo controlled clinical trial was conducted on 40 eyes of 40 patients attending the ophthalmology OPD,Rajindra Hospital Patiala, randomized to Group 1 (bevacizumab) 20 patients and Group 2(balanced salt solution) 20 patients. Group 1...

Material and Methods: All patients were selected from eye OPD Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Complete slit lamp examination was performed for pterygium. Patients were divided into two groupsi. e Group A who underwent pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft and Group B who underwent pterygium excision with amniotic membrane graft. Follow up was on 3 rd month postoperatively at which pat...

We read the article titled “risk factors for pterygium in the high-altitude communities” and found it very interesting (Maharjan et al, 2014). The authors have highlighted the higher prevalence of pterygium, more amongstthe farmers than in the other professionals. Based on the present report, it seems that there is no specific finding regarding the high altitude environment. The main question i...

purpose : to evaluate the efficiency and safety of using autologous fibrin glue for attachment of a conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium surgery methods : in this prospective interventional case series, 15 eyes from 13 patients with primary nasal pterygium were included for conjunctival autograft surgery. on the operation day, thrombin and fibrinogen were prepared from the patient’s own ...