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Limbal‐conjunctival autograft transplantation in cases with recurrent pterygium
Author(s) -
Güler Murat,
Sobaci Güngor,
Ilker Sami,
Öztürk Faruk,
Mutlu F. Mehmet,
Yildirim Erol
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb04688.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pterygium , cauterization , surgery , autotransplantation , transplantation
. This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate limbal conjunctival autotransplantation in the management of cases with recurrent pterygium. At present, new surgical techniques to prevent pterygium recurrence following surgery are in investigation. In recent years, it has been postulated that pterygium is due to hypofunction of limbal stem cells. Thirty‐one out of 49 patients with recurrent pterygium were treated by limbal‐conjunctival autograft transplantation and the other 18 treated by Czermak technique, including two line of limbal cauterization intraoperatively, and used as a control group. During a mean follow‐up period of 10 months (ranging 3–18 months), 4 recurrences (13.3%) in the limbal‐conjunctival autograft transplantation group and 9 recurrences (50%) in the control group were observed. We conclud that this was a successful method to prevent secondary recurrence in the management of recurrent pterygium patients under 40 years of age.