ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2015 | Volume
: 16 | Issue : 2 | Page : 45--49
One-year results of the triple procedure for primary pterygia
Hisham A Saad1, Ahmed M Ghoneim2, Waleed A Allam2
1 Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University; Ophthalmology Department, Magrabi Eye Hospital, Tanta, Egypt
2 Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Waleed A Allam
Ophthalmology Department, Tanta University Eye Hospital, Tanta 31111
Egypt
Purpose
The aim of this work was to study the effectiveness and potential complications of adjunctive intraoperative mitomycin-C (MMC) application combined with limbal-conjunctival autografting after primary pterygium excision.
Patients and methods
Fifty-seven eyes of 43 patients with primary pterygia were randomized to receive pterygium excision, followed by either a free conjunctival autograft (control group, n = 27) or an adjunctive intraoperative MMC 0.02% application for 2 min and limbal-conjunctival autograft (triple procedure group, n = 30). All patients were followed for 12 months.
Results
After 1 year, the recurrence rate was 14.81 and 0% in the control and the triple procedure groups, respectively (P < 0.05). Most complications were transient and mild. The duration of surgery was significantly shorter in the control group (P < 0.01). The surgery did not significantly alter the corrected distance visual acuity or the average absolute astigmatism in either group.
Conclusion
Simple excision of pterygium combined with adjunctive intraoperative MMC 0.02% application for 2 min and limbal-conjunctival autografting is a safe and effective way of treating primary pterygia.
How to cite this article:
Saad HA, Ghoneim AM, Allam WA. One-year results of the triple procedure for primary pterygia.Delta J Ophthalmol 2015;16:45-49
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How to cite this URL:
Saad HA, Ghoneim AM, Allam WA. One-year results of the triple procedure for primary pterygia. Delta J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2015 [cited 2021 Dec 9 ];16:45-49
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