We describe a novel surgical technique for pterygium removal taking advantage of the properties of amniotic membrane and limbal epithelial stem cells. A total of 10 eyes underwent pterygium excision with amniotic membrane coverage of the bare sclera and placement of pieces of limbal epithelium in a linear fashion in the affected limbal area covered by a second amniotic membrane using fibrin glu...

PURPOSE The management of severe ocular surface disease due to limbal stem cell deficiency has changed dramatically. The concept of limbal stem cells, as the source of corneal epithelium revolutionised the therapeutic approach of ocular surface reconstruction. Deficiency of limbal stem cells results in blinding ocular surface diseases. Grafting viable limbal tissue, from either fellow healthy e...

INTRODUCTION There are numerous adjunctive measures described to reduce the recurrence rates after pterygium excision. OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy and complications of sutureless and glue free limbal conjunctival autograft for the management of primary pterygium over a period of one year. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective interventional case series was carried out in 40 consecutive ey...

we are describing a new surgical approach in the management of advanced ocular surface cicatrization through a single procedure conjunctival-limbal-corneal allograft in which the external eye is resurfaced it involves a lamellar corneolimbal keratoplasty, 360° limbal stem cell transfer (on a “bipedicle” conjunctival-corneal carrier), and conjunctival tissue transplantation - all in a single con...

Purpose: To compare and evaluate the safety and efficacy of suture less glue free limbal conjunctival autograft and conventional sutured autograft for the management of primary pterygium. Methods: The Randomized clinical trial was done with 100 male and female patients with diagnosis of primary/ Progressive pterygium from October 2014 to September 2016. The study groups randomly selected into 2...

PURPOSE To report our experience managing a limbal mass associated with limbal vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) by surgical excision. METHODS A 16-year-old girl was referred to our hospital with the chief complaints of itching and photophobia in both eyes. She had a 2-year history of gradually enlarging limbal gelatinous masses on the temporal limbus in both eyes, which were diagnosed as lim...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of lignocaine 2 % jelly as topical anesthesia in pterygium surgery with conjunctival limbal autograft using fibrin glue. MATERIALS AND METHODS A non-randomized interventional study was carried out including twenty-one patients who presented with primary pterygium. Under 2% lignocaine jelly, surgical dissection of the pterygium, scraping of corneal bed with c...

Purpose: Randomised study to evaluate the role of Cyclosporine eye drops (0.05%) pre & postoperatively on recurrence in cases of recurrent & vascularized pterygium, undergoing excision and Conjunctival Limbal Autograft with Fibrin glue. Materials and Methods: In this prospective study 100 eyes of 100 patients were taken up for study in two groups – Group A (50 eyes) and Group B (50 eyes). Only ...