Naslov
Pterygium treatment with limbal-conjunctival autograft transplantation

Autori
Dekaris, Iva ; Gabrić, Nikica ; Karaman, Željka ; Mravičić, Ivana ; Kaštelan, Snježana ; Špoljarić, Ninoslav

Izvornik
Collegium Antropollogicum (0350-6134) 25 (Suppl) (2001); 7-12

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
Limbal-conjunctival autograft; recurrent pterygium

Sažetak
Purpose: To examine the usefulness of limbal autograft transplantation (LCAT) for the treatment of recurrent pterygium. Patients and methods: Eleven eyes with advanced recurrent pterygium underwent LCAT. All eyes were previously treated by minimum of two times either by simple excision (n=10) or conjunctival rotation autograft (n=1). In two eyes (18, 18%) symblepharon was present at the time of surgery, therefore LCAT was combined with amniotic membrane transplantation. Limbal-conjunctival autograft was taken from supero-lateral part of the same eye and transferred to the area where pterygium was excided. Results: No intraoperative complications occurred. In ten eyes (90, 9%) no pterygium recurrence was recorded during the follow-up time. Pterygium recurred in one eye (9, 1%) after 5 months. In two eyes with combined symblepharon formation remission of both pterygium and symblepharon growth was obtained. Conclusion: LCAT seams to be promising and safe procedure in recurrent pterygium treatment.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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