Objective: To determine and compare the mast cell count in primary and recurrent vascularized pterygium, and in normal bulbar conjunctiva. Methods: The study included 22 patients with primary pterygium (PP group) and 28 patients with vascularized recurrent pterygium (VRP group) that underwent excision via the limbal conjunctival autograft technique. Normal conjunctiva samples were collected fro...

Purpose: Pterygium is a prevalent disease of the eye that challenges ophthalmologists in its management due to high tendency reoccur. We performed an analysis identify among various surgical and adjuvant treatments best combination has most pterygium recurrence prevention
 Methods: A search was run through Pubmed, Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, World Health Organisation for Randomised...

Background: Pterygium is a common disorder in many parts of the world, with reported prevalence rates ranging from 0.3 to 29%. Epidemiological studies have proposed an association with chronic exposure to sunlight and an increased geographical prevalence within a peri-equatorial ‘pterygium belt’ region (1). Pterygium excision is often combined with various adjunctive measures to prevent its rec...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of a fluorometholone/tetrahydrozoline fixed combination on conjunctival graft morphology after primary pterygium excision. METHODS The patients who underwent pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft transplantation were randomized into three groups based on postoperative medications as the fluorometholone/tetrahydrozoline group, fluorometholone group, and ...