Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft with autologous blood
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Aim Current study focuses to analyse the advantage of the technique which uses the autologous blood for sutureless securing the conjunctival autograft post pterygium excisionMaterials and Methods This is noninvasive study consists forty patients underwent primary pterygium surgery After excision of pterygium the patients conjunctival autograft from superotemporal quadrant and patients autologous blood to attach the graft without sutures 6 months of follow up data collectedResults In total 40 patients male to female number observed as 11 29 In those grade I II and III were observed in 7 25 and 8 patients respectively During surgery there were no complications observed Two patients with subconjunctival hemorrhage two patients with graft retraction one patient with graft loss and one patient with pterygium recurrence were recorded 34 85 patients had good recovery and cosmesis was also observed excellentConclusion Noninvasive conjunctival autograft with patients autologous blood using technique without sutures observed to be safe and the best outcome and also consumes less time and cost effectiveKeywords Pterygium excision Autograft Conjunctiva
Authors and Affiliations
Ramya Deepthi P. , Kumar Amruth C
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