Pterygium surgery
Pterygium surgery is made difficult by the high recurrence rates of up to 50%.
For this reason surgery was usually followed by local radiotherapy but this has now being abandoned. Modern surgery involves an 'autoconjunctival graft' which is a graft of tissue taken from another part of the eye and used to close the defect left by surgery.
By the use of this technique, recurrence rates have been reduced to about 5%
Pterygium surgery is made difficult by the high recurrence rates of up to 50%.
For this reason surgery was usually followed by local radiotherapy but this has now being abandoned. Modern surgery involves an 'autoconjunctival graft' which is a graft of tissue taken from another part of the eye and used to close the defect left by surgery.
By the use of this technique, recurrence rates have been reduced to about 5%
Pterygium surgery is usually done under local anaesthetic.
The surgery is not painful but you will be very uncomfortable the day after.
Irritation persists for about two weeks due to the presence of the sutures used to close the graft
Some centres throughout the world use tissue glue instead of sutures.
This technique is not used in Australia at present, and there is no evidence that it produces results that are any different or less irritating than sutures
The surgery is not painful but you will be very uncomfortable the day after.
Irritation persists for about two weeks due to the presence of the sutures used to close the graft
Some centres throughout the world use tissue glue instead of sutures.
This technique is not used in Australia at present, and there is no evidence that it produces results that are any different or less irritating than sutures
