Tomas T
Palm Springs Hospital, Hialeah, Fla.
Refract Corneal Surg. 1992 Sep-Oct;8(5):394-5.
Several techniques have been advocated for the excision of a pterygium: bare sclera, conjunctival flaps, free conjunctival graft, and labial mucous membrane graft.
Twenty eyes were treated with a sliding flap of limbal conjunctiva into the scleral bed of the excised pterygium, using 7-0 and 8-0 Vicryl sutures. Corticosteroids and tear substitutes were administered postoperatively.
There was one recurrence in the 20 eyes performed with 1 year follow up.
Recurrence was limited to that of 5% (1 case out of 20). Postoperative inflammatory reaction was minimal.
