Open AccessConcomitant use of conjunctival tissue graft from the pterygium itself without rotation in pterygium surgery: A full circle in conjunctival autografting
Author(s) -
Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor,
Nitin Narendra Tiwari,
Ramamurthy Dandapani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_890_17
Subject(s) - pterygium , medicine , surgery , glaucoma , fibrin glue , ophthalmology , bleb (medicine) , sclera , concomitant , complication , trabeculectomy
The aim of this study is to describe a modified technique of using conjunctival tissue from the pterygium itself without any rotation of graft for the primary pterygium in eyes with glaucoma filtering bleb, glaucoma suspects, and in primary double-head pterygium using fibrin glue.