PURPOSE: To examine to the very long term prognosis (16 years in average) of pterygium surgery with superior or inferior conjunctival graft. METHODS: Clinical data for patients that underwent pterygium surgery with conjunctival graft by two surgeons at the Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical ...
Serious complication of topical mitomycin-C after pterygium surgery Background: The use of topical mitomycin (mitomycin-C) as a medical adjunct to pterygium and glaucoma surgery is increasing. Methods: The authors report on... R Rubinfeld - 《Ophthalmology》 被引量: 611发表: 1992年 ...
Medical treatment of pterygium consists ofover-the-counter (OTC) artificial tears/topical lubricating drops(eg, Refresh Tears, GenTeal drops) and/or bland, nonpreserved ointments (eg, Refresh P.M., Hypo Tears), as well as occasional short-term use of topical corticosteroid anti-inflammatory drop...
Keywords: etiology, pterygium, limbal stem cells, stem cells dysfunction, mathematical shape analysis Introduction The medical term "pterygium" is derived from the Greek word "pteron", meaning wing. Pterygia are common and frequently recurring ocular surface lesions, affect- ing predominately the ...
Mitomycin C, an agent that prevents scarring by inhibiting the reproduction of cells that produce scar tissue, may be applied at the time of or after the surgery. Another option of pterygium surgery is a conjunctival autograft. It involves removing the limbal tissue and adjacent conjunctiva from...
To examine the cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery (FLAPS) with conjunctival autograft (CAG) and its potential predictive factors. This was a prospective interventional case series (NCT02866968). We included 29 patients (29 e
However, all medical treatments have not eliminated the indication of surgery [9, 13, 14]. If pterygium progresses and leads to visual impairment either because of induced astigmatism or encroachment onto the visual axis, marked cosmetic deformity, marked discomfort and irritation unrelieved by ...
Recurrence of pterygium after surgery with conjunctival autograft -- long-term follow-up Aim of the study: To evaluate the results and recurrence of pterygium after surgical treatment of the primary condition with autotransplantation of the con... K Petr,C Dalibor - 《Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica...
AUC was used to evaluate the discriminatory capacity of each enriched term for a binary classification (pterygium vs. control). FAIME: Functional Analysis of Individual Microarray/RNAseq Expression; AUC: Area Under the curve. Full size image Discussion Despite being a common disease of the ocular ...
There were no intraoperative and postoperative complications related to surgery. Postoperative examination of the surgical site at the final visit revealed that there were 62 cases (82.3%) of grade 1, 11 cases (14.7%) of grade 2, 1 case (1.3%) of grade 3, and 1 case (1.3%) of grade ...