An important factor for success in pterygium surgery is the ability to dissect a thin and adequately sized graft to cover the conjunctival defect with minimal inclusion of Tenon's tissue[13]. The resulting thin, tension-free grafts have been shown to not subsequently retract after surgery, provid...
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Video presents a novel and cheap method of using autoconjuctival graft in pterygium surgery. The conjuctiva is taken from the superior temporal area along with the limbal stem cells and placed in the bare area created after the pterygium is removed. The blood oozing from the cut conjuctival...
So, when is it time to refer for pterygium surgery? Whenever the condition “looks bad, feels bad or sees bad.” Indications include the presence of benign thickening of the outer conjunctiva that encroaches the cornea, loss of clarity within the visual axis, increasing corneal astigmatism, chro...
Recurrent pterygia can be aggressive and repeated excision may result in severe conjunctival scarring and shortening, resulting in insufficient conjunctiva to perform further grafting and lid surgery. When there is insufficient autologous conjunctiva, mucous membrane must be obtained from other sites. Full...
The corneal astigmatism was studied prospectively using videokeratography before and after surgical removal of the pterygium in 18 eyes (15 patients). There was a focal corneal flattening along the semineridian axis of the pterygium preoperatively and a steepening of this area postoperatively, with...