Recurrent pterygium treatment using mitomycin C, double amniotic membrane transplantation, and a large conjunctival flap [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2018 Yu Monden, Fumi Hotokezaka, Ryoji Yamakawa Department of Ophthalmology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of surgery for recurrent pterygia using mitomycin C (MMC ...
Monden Y, Hotokezaka F, Yamakawa R
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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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Risk factors for pterygium recurrence based on a retrospective study of 196 patients [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPterygium is considered as important clinical problem due to its special characteristics such as high incidence, multi-factorial disorder and high recurrence rate.
Shikun Chen +6 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes of pterygial excision for primary and recurrent pterygia by a single method of pterygia excision combined with two conjunctival flaps.
Jong Soo Lee +3 more
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Semaphorin 7a participants in pterygium by regulating vascular endothelial growth factor [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 AIM: To investigate the relationship between semaphorin 7a expression and cell proliferation and migration in pterygium fibroblasts. METHODS: Twenty-six patients with surgically diagnosed pterygium were enrolled, including 15 cases of primary pterygium ...
Yun-Fei Han +9 more
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Profile of complications in pterygium surgery - A retrospective analysis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: Analysis of complication profile after pterygium excision, in primary and recurrent pterygia. Methods: Retrospective analysis of all the patients who had undergone pterygium excision in a tertiary center in South India from 2010 to 2018 was ...
Shreesha K Kodavoor +2 more
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Surgical treatment of primary and recurrent pterygium
Российский офтальмологический журнал, 2021 Purpose: to study the results of surgical treatment and the course of healing of primary and recurrent pterygium.Material and methods. 97 patients (117 eyes) with varying degrees of pterygium, of which 58 were men and 39 women, were clinically observed ...
I. A. Filatova +2 more
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Assessing full thickness oral mucosal grafting: complications and postoperative outcomes in a broad collective of patients [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Conjunctival defects can be repaired with several mucosal tissues. The simplicity of harvesting oral mucosa and its wide availability makes it the preferred graft tissue for all indications requiring mucosal grafting. Through analysing the
Bertelmann, Eckart +2 more
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Effects of Mitomycin C in Early Conjunctival Inflammation after Pterygium Surgery [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare inflammatory events and graft characteristics 1 month and 6 months after conjunctival limbal autograft (CLAU) with and without intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC).
Asaad Ammaar, Mouafk +4 more
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The Role of Mast cells in the Pathogenesis of Primary and Recurrent Pterygium
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2012 Pur po se: In this study, we aimed to investigate the roles of mast cells in pterygium pathogenesis and to compare the number of mast cells in primary and recurrent pterygium.
Hülya Deveci +3 more
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