ABSTRACT Objective: To assess ophthalmologists’ preferred techniques and adjuvant treatments for recurrent pterygium. Methods: An observational study in which a questionnaire was administered to ophthalmologists who regularly performed surgeries for recurrent pterygium. Results: Most surgeons did not use antiangiogenic therapy but preferred postoperative corticosteroids for one month. Symblepharon lenses were used only when available. The surgeons removed the pterygium head, including the conjunctiva and Tenon capsule, without invading the caruncle or base, preferring to remove the body first, followed by […]

Objetive: To assess the results of an alternative surgical approach in the excision of primary pterygium by analyzing the rates of recurrence and of intraoperative and postoperative complications. Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study based reviewing the clinical records of individuals subjected to surgery for pterygium, with conjunctival autograft transplantation, fibrin glue and intraoperative application of mitomycin C. In addition, sealing was performed by suturing the gap between the conjunctiva and Tenon’s capsule. A total of 36 eyes from 35 individuals were […]

Objetivo: Avaliar os resultados de uma abordagem cirúrgica alternativa na excisão de pterígio primário por meio da observação das taxas de recidiva e de complicações intraoperatórias e pós-operatórias Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo e transversal realizado a partir da revisão de prontuários de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia de pterígio com transplante autólogo de conjuntiva, cola de fibrina e aplicação intraoperatória de mitomicina C. Além disso, foi realizado através de sutura, o selamento da lacuna entre a conjuntiva e cápsula de Tenon. No […]