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Halting Pterygium Recurrence by Postoperative 5-Fluorouracil
Cornea, 2001To investigate the efficacy of postoperative 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in halting recurrence of pterygium.Early recurrence of pterygium was detected in six eyes of six patients aged 40 to 66 years that, over a 3-year period, had undergone pterygium excision in our institution, using the "bare sclera" technique.
J, Pikkel, Y, Porges, A, Ophir
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Epithelial ingrowth following surgery of recurrent pterygium
International Ophthalmology, 2007Epithelial ingrowth is a rare but devastating condition of the eye, known to complicate incisional ocular procedures. We report a case of secondary glaucoma due to epithelial ingrowth following limbal conjunctival autograft in a case of recurrent pterygium.
Sambuddha, Ghosh +1 more
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[Treatment for recurrent pterygium].
Ceska a slovenska oftalmologie : casopis Ceske oftalmologicke spolecnosti a Slovenske oftalmologicke spolecnosti, 2008Our objective was to evaluate the postoperative outcomes of the surgical treatment for recurrent pterygia. Twelve eyes of 10 patients operated on for recurrent pterygia at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, were involved in this study. All surgeries were done under the local anesthesia.
N, Jirásková, P, Rozsíval
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Treatment of Recurrent Pterygium
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1928The author regards epithelial grafts as the only universally satisfactory means for the treatment of recurrent pterygium. The graft, as thin as possible, is taken from the inner side of the arm.
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Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty for Recurrent Advanced Pterygium
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina, 2009The authors report a case of recurrent advanced pterygium managed by deep lamellar keratoplasty and conjunctival autograft. A woman presented with bilateral recurrent advanced pterygium (more prevalent in the left eye) associated with corneal thinning in the left eye. Two-thirds of the cornea was covered by pterygia.
Sujata, Das +2 more
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Sclerokeratoplasty in recurrent pterygium.
German journal of ophthalmology, 1993There are many methods for the treatment of recurrent pterygium, and lamellar keratoplasty seems to be the most effective of them. A new method has been developed for the surgical treatment of recurrent pterygium. The most important steps in the procedure are: total removal of the cicatrix and then covering the bare corneoscleral surface with a single ...
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[Antiangiogenic therapy for pterygium recurrence].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2009A pterygium is defined as a fibrovascular and hyperplastic proliferative degeneration tissue of the limbus. Although the pathogenesis is not yet clearly understood there are indications that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may play a significant role in the development.
S, Leippi, F, Grehn, G, Geerling
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