INTRODUCTION Pterygium is a fibrous growth seen in bulber conjunctiva.It is a non malignant growth which may cause visual impairment. MATERIAL AND METHODS Pterygium study was done on rural population in out patient department of NIMS Hospital and medical college, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Two hundred patients with 300 eyes which had Pterygium who attended the Eye OPD during 01/06/2011 to 01/03...

Pterygium is a very common disease in an eye clinic characterized by a benign proliferation of local conjunctiva that often crosses the limber of cornea and extends into corneal surface. Variety of studies has showed that pterygium is able to result in ocular discomfort and the change of ocular surface environment, such as dry eye. However, the link between abnormal tear film function and ptery...

OBJECTIVES To analyze demographic and ophthalmologic characteristics of patients with double-headed pterygium in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and to evaluate their surgical outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Records of all patients who underwent surgery for pterygium in Antalya Atatürk State Hospital between November 2012 and March 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with pterygia...

PURPOSE Pterygium is a prevalent ocular surface disorder thought to be triggered by chronic ultraviolet damage to the limbus. One of the enigmatic features of pterygium is its wing-like shape, and the mechanism(s) supporting its centripetal growth remain to be elucidated. Because the growth pattern of pterygia mirrors the radial arrangement of corneal nerves, the authors propose that neuropepti...

INTRODUCTION Dry eye is a common disorder affecting a significant percentage of the population. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a prospective, hospital-based, case-controlled study conducted between January 2009 and May 2010. Seventy-six pterygium cases and 152 age-and- sex matched controls presenting to the OPD of Manipal Teaching Hospital were included. The TBUT Schirmer's test and basa...

Fifteen patients were treated with simultaneous pterygium and intraocular surgery. Eleven of them had pterygium excision with cataract extraction, while four had pterygium excision with trabeculectomy. There was no evidence of increased risk of pterygium recurrence or of complications following cataract operation or trabeculectomy as a result of the combined procedure. In an environment where p...

AIMS To evaluate the efficacy of repeated bevacizumab injection in rotational conjunctival flap surgery versus rotational conjunctival flap with adjunctive mitomycin C (MMC) or rotational conjunctival flap alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety eyes of 90 patients who underwent primary pterygium surgery with rotational flap were evaluated. Patients were randomly assigned to undergo conjunctival ...

PURPOSE To compare the recurrence rates and complications associated with instillation of topical mitomycin C, cyclosporine, and bevacizumab after primary pterygium surgery. METHODS Between July 2013 and June 2014, we performed surgery using the bare sclera method on 132 eyes (132 patients) with primary pterygium. We randomly selected 33 eyes (33 patients) and treated them with artificial tea...

Objective: To compare the frequency of recurrence and corneoscleral complications with pre-operative and intraoperative mitomycin C when used with excision of primary pterygium by bare sclera technique. Study Design: Quasi experimental study. Place of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology Rawalpindi Duration of Study: Ten months (October 2006 to July 2007). Patients and Methods: A tota...