Effect of postoperative five fluoro-uracil on recurrence of pterygium

Five fluoro-uracil was instilled postoperatively in seventy cases of primary and recurrent pterygia. Five fluoro-uracil was used four times daily for four weeks in a concentration of five mg/ml. The cases were followed up for 8 months. The results of the study showed the efficacy of five fluoro-uracil in reducing the recurrence rate of pterygium

summer meeting - conjunctiva and cornea - effect of postoperative argon laser on recurrence of pterygium

Argon Laser photocoagulation to the invading blood vesseis in the bare area of the excised pterygium bed was done Sixty eyes of different types of pterygia were subjected, weekly for three weeks, to postoperative laserisation of invading blood vesseis. Cases were followed up clinically and photographically whenever possible for ten months. The results were very encouraging in reducing the recurrence rate