Clinical study of two kinds of operation method treatment of recurrent pterygium

VernacularTitle:两种手术方式治疗复发性翼状胬肉的临床研究
Author: Hong LI ; Min ZHAO ; Fengjuan GU ; Quan LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: pterygium; amnion; limbal corneal; mitomycin; surgical procedures,operative
From: Chongqing Medicine 2013;(34):4145-4146
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To compare the therapeutic effects of recurrent pterygium treated by with corneal limbal autograft con -junctival transplantation combined with mitomycin C and amniotic membrane transplantation combined with mitomycin C .Methods A total of 153 eyes of 153 cases with recurrent pterygium were divided into 2 groups ,A group :97 eyes who treated with amniotic membrane transplantation combined with mitomycin C ,B group :56 eyes treated with corneal limbal autograft conjunctival trans -plantation combined with mitomycin C ,follow up 12 months after operation .Results 12 eyes had recurrence in A group ,the recur-rent rate was 12 .37% ;5 eyes had recurrence in B group ,the recurrent rate was 8 .93% ,there was no significant different between 2 groups(P> 0 .05) .Conclusion This study indicates amniotic membrane transplantation or corneal limbal autograft conjunctival transplantation combined with mitomycin C can effectively reduce the recurrent rate of recurrent pterygium ,which are safe and ef-fective method .