Purpose: Pterygium is a prevalent disease of the eye that challenges ophthalmologists in its management due to high tendency reoccur. We performed an analysis identify among various surgical and adjuvant treatments best combination has most pterygium recurrence prevention
 Methods: A search was run through Pubmed, Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, World Health Organisation for Randomised...

PURPOSE The pathogenesis of pterygia is still not well understood. Recent studies suggest that it may be associated with inflammation and progressive proliferation triggered by ultraviolet radiation. In this study the authors determined that the inflammatory nature of pterygium is reflected in the protein components of tears. METHODS Consent for this study was obtained from 12 patients (avera...

PURPOSE Pterygium is an ultraviolet (UV) related disease. UV radiation can produce DNA damage, which is repaired by the DNA repair systems. Among the DNA repair systems, the base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) systems are the major ones involved in repairing UV-induced DNA damage; X-ray repair cross complementary 1 (XRCC1) and human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (hO...

BACKGROUND To report a case of Serratia marcescens endophthalmitis after pterygium surgery using the bare sclera technique with mitomycin C (MMC). CASE PRESENTATION A 69-year-old male patient underwent pterygium excision surgery using the bare sclera technique and 0.02% MMC. The patient presented with decreased visual acuity and pain from the day after the operation. Trans pars plana vitrecto...

Pterygia often induce with-the-rule astigmatism as they invade the cornea. Significant amounts of astigmatism occur long before a pterygium encroaches on the visual axis. We present an example in which a 3.3-mm pterygium resulted in 9 diopters (D) of with-the-rule astigmatism. Six weeks after the pterygium removal, the patient's cornea became spherical, but by three months the pterygium had rec...

Two cases with an eyelash in pterygium and conjunctiva were presented in this work. A 76-year-old woman presented with bilateral ocular irritation, itching, and visual loss without any history of trauma or ocular surgery. On slit lamp examination, there was a pterygium closing the visual axis of the right eye. Careful slit lamp examination revealed also an eyelash in the pterygium in the right ...

PURPOSE To describe a novel technique for sutureless pterygium surgery using ReSure(®) tissue sealant. METHODS In this retrospective observational case series, we describe a modified procedure for pterygium excision followed by amniotic membrane transplant (AMT) adhered to the corneal and conjunctival defects using ReSure tissue sealant. RESULTS Nine eyes of seven patients (age range: 28-80...

Three sibs and their mother with features of a multiple pterygium syndrome are reported. Inheritance in this family is consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance with great variation in severity between affected subjects. The importance of examining other family members closely in cases of multiple pterygium is emphasised.

BACKGROUND Pterygium is a proliferative disease with hyperplastic growth of corneoconjunctival fibro vascular tissue onto the cornea. Surgical therapy can be used to successfully manage pterygia; however, recurrence remains a problem. To reduce recurrence, surgical management may include autoconjunctival grafting, lamellar keratoplasty, amniotic membrane transplantation, and intraoperative anti...

Introduction: Popliteal pterygium syndrome is a rare birth defect, combining craniofacial, genitourinary and musculoskeletal abnormalities. It an autosomal dominant disease caused by mutation in the IRF6 gene. We report this observation 1st Guinean case corrected surgical method as well review of literature for diagnostic therapeutic approach. Patient observation: present 7-day old male newborn...