Pterygium surgery can be challenging due to the extent of corneal involvement. In addition, postoperative recurrences can often be more difficult to manage than primary pterygium. Hence, there is a ...

Pterygium surgery may be required to improve vision or cosmetic appearance or for symptomatic relief, and often it is challenging both intraoperatively and postoperatively. When pterygium and cataract ...

(HealthDay News) — After pterygium excision, the sequence of tissue restoration appears to start in the cornea and end in the limbal area, according to a study published online March 31 in Ophthalmic ...

The authors performed a retrospective review of all of their cases of surgery for recurrent pterygia from October 2005 to November 2008. All patients had previously undergone at least 1 pterygium ...

In all, 70 patients (70 eyes) with primary pterygia who underwent a bare-sclera procedure were enrolled in this study. Tear break-up time, Schirmer, and tear-ferning tests and conjunctival goblet cell ...

Purpose Pterygium excision is often followed by recurrence that may be more severe than the initial lesion. This study evaluated the efficacy of conjunctival mini-autograft following surgical excision ...

A pterygium is a triangular or wedge shaped growth that develops on the conjunctiva of the eye and grows onto the cornea. The conjunctiva is the clear, thin membrane that covers the white of the eye.