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Vascular characteristics and haemodynamics of severe and mild pterygium: a quantitative analysis [PDF]
Annals of MedicinePurpose To investigate vascular characteristics and hemodynamic changes in mild and severe pterygium and explore correlations among clinical parameters.Design Cross-sectional observational study.Methods Sixty-three patients (68 eyes) with pterygium ...
Jiaxin Han +7 more
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A new approach to assessing pterygium progression and volume using SII and anterior segment OCT [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicinePurposeTo compare the clinical manifestations and prognosis of 90 patients with pterygium. The occurrence and progression of pterygium are associated with the systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) and clinical characteristics.
Rui Niu +9 more
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Atypical Presentation of Recurrent Pterygium Leading to Blindness and its Successful Management: A Series of Three Cases [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Recurrence of pterygium is one of the main concerns in pterygium management. Recurrent pterygium is defined as the regrowth of fibrovascular tissue over the previously excised primary pterygium area, extending beyond the limbus and advancing towards the ...
Babi Das, Preety Rekha Das
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The influence of pterygium on corneal densitometry evaluated using the Oculus Pentacam system
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 PurposeTo assess the effect of pterygium on corneal densitometry (CD) values.MethodsOne hundred and nine patients (155 eyes) with primary pterygium were divided into a severe pterygium group (79 eyes) and a mild-to-moderate pterygium group (76 eyes ...
Jing Zhang +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Pterygium is an abnormal growth of fibrous conjunctival tissue that invades the cornea, resulting in corneal distortion, astigmatism, and increased higher-order aberrations (HOAs).
Chang Ho Yoon +2 more
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Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: To summarize the recent evidence regarding different aspects of pterygium recurrence. Methods: Human-based studies from PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were identified using the following keywords: conjunctival disease, pterygium, recurrent pterygium, pterygium ...
Ghiasian, Leila +4 more
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Does pterygium morphology affect corneal astigmatism?
Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between corneal astigmatism and the morphology of pterygium with anterior segment optic coherence tomography (AS-OCT).
Emine Doğan +4 more
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Protective Role of Glutathione and Nitric Oxide Production in the Pathogenesis of Pterygium
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Objective. In the pathogenesis of pterygium, the protective role of glutathione and nitric oxide production is unclear. These are important factors for homeostasis in the redox state of cells.
Fidelina Parra +7 more
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A Novel System for Measuring Pterygium's Progress Using Deep Learning
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 Pterygium is a common ocular surface disease. When pterygium significantly invades the cornea, it limits eye movement and impairs vision, which requires surgery to remove.
Cheng Wan +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Although numerous population-based studies have reported the prevalences and risk factors for pterygium, information regarding the incidence of pterygium is scarce.
Tyler Hyungtaek Rim +5 more
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