Astigmatic change following excision of double-headed monocular pterygium (DMP)
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction To study the effect of excision of double headed monocular pterygium on astigmatismMaterials and Methods 8 Patients of DMP presenting from January 2016 to December 2017 were treated with excision of pterygium followed by conjunctival autograft Preoperative and postoperative astigmatism was measured by keratometryObservation The change between preoperative and postoperative day 45 astigmatism was found to be extremely significant p00003Conclusion DMP must be dealt with utmost care owing to its higher impact in change of astigmatismKeywords Double headed monocular pterygium Pterygium induced astigmatism
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Kshama Dwivedi, S P Singh
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