The pterygium excision by the conjunctival autograft combining with the single mitomycin C application
- Author:
Van Khanh Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pterygia
- MeSH:
Pterygium;
Transplantation, Autologous;
Mitomycin
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):7-12
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of conjunctival autograft with single intraoperative application of MMC 0.04% within 3 minutes in primary and recurrent pterygium and to compare this method with other’s. Sixty three patients (68 eyes: 50 eyes with primary and 18 eyes with recurrent pterygium) underwent pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft and single application of MMC 0.045/3 minutes. Patients were followed from 3 to 12 months after operation. Results: recurent rate of 1.96% (1 eye) was observed in the group of recurrent pterygium. There were 2 cases of superficial punctuate keratitis. Conclusion: this study indicates that intraoperative administration of a single dose of 0.04% MMC with conjunctival autograf is an effective treatment for prevention of recurrence of pterygium
