[Conjunctival autograft in the surgical cure for pterygium. Apropos of 186 cases].

186 cases of pterygium were operated, in the Dr G. Berniac's department of ophthalmology, in the West Indies, at the Hospital of Lamentin, by several surgeons, between January 1, 1988 and December 31, 1990. All of them were operated according to an original technic which included the resection of the pterygium and was followed by a conjunctival autograft. Then the authors compare the results of their series to different series of the literature. The simple resection of the pterygium with a conjunctival autograft seems to be an excellent surgical technic as for its simplicity as for its low rate of recurrences.