Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Different Pterygium Surgeries: A Review of the Literature.

Marcin Palewski, Agnieszka Budnik, Joanna Konopińska

International journal of environmental research and public health 2022 Sep 09

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The search for the "gold standard" in the surgical treatment of pterygium has been ongoing for over two decades. Despite the development of various surgical techniques, recurrence rates range from 6.7% to 88% depending on the method used. This review discusses the latest and most commonly used methods for the surgical removal of pterygium, primarily focusing on efficacy and safety. Moreover, this review includes articles that either evaluated or compared surgical methods and clinical trials for primary and recurrent pterygium. Limited data are available on combined methods as well as on the efficacy of adjuvant treatment. The use of adjuvant intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) and conjunctival autografting (CAU) are the two most highly recommended options, as they have the lowest rates of postoperative recurrence.

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Marcin Palewski, Agnieszka Budnik, Joanna Konopińska. Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Different Pterygium Surgeries: A Review of the Literature. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Sep 09;19(18)