Treatment of pterygium with conjunctival limbal autograft and mitomycin C--a comparative study.
J Indian Med Assoc
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2007 Apr; 105(4): 200, 202, 204
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in English
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| ID: sea-99407
ABSTRACT
A total of 60 eyes with primary progressive pterygium were selected. They were randomly divided into two groups ie, group A and group B each consisting of 30 eyes. Group A patients were treated with pteryglum excision with ipsilateral conjunctival-limbal autografting. Group B patients were treated with pterygium excision followed by mitomycin C 0.02% for two minutes. Both groups were followed up for one year postoperatively to document recurrence rates and postoperative complications. In group A recurrence rate was 3.0% with minimal ocular complication after one year follow-up. But in group B recurrence rate was high as 10.0% and ocular complications were significant after the same period of postoperative follow-up. Both conjunctival-limbal autograft and intra-operative mitomycin use are effective method of surgical treatment of pterygium but considering the rate of recurrence and other postoperative ocular morbidity conjunctival-limbal autografting seems to be the best method of pterygium treatment.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Transplantation, Autologous
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pterygium
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Treatment Outcome
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Mitomycin
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Disease Progression
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Conjunctiva
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Adult
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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