Study of clinical profile and surgical outcome of pterygium in adult patients at rural tertiary care hospital.

Shah, Paraali; Nigwekar, Shubhangi; Arage, Aditya; Kacha, Rucha; Aphale, Rohit

doi:10.26838/medrech.2020.8.5.556

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“…Male preponderance (60.5%) for pterygium found in this study is in keeping with the reports by Pandey et al [7] (58.75%) and some other studies [8,9]. On the contrary some studies found female preponderance [10,11]. For instance in the study by Shah et al 74.6% of their study population were females [11].…”

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“…The finding in this study of predominantly nasal pterygium accounting for 97.7% of the cases is similar with reports from previous studies by Shah et al (97.3%), Onnebune et al (89%) and many others [11,12]. This predominance of pterygium on the nasal side of the eye is thought to be secondary to tangentially incident ultra violet rays (UVR) focused onto the nasal limbus, which induces the tissue changes that predispose to pterygium formation.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…On the contrary some studies found female preponderance [10,11]. For instance in the study by Shah et al 74.6% of their study population were females [11]. These reported differences in gender preponderance from various studies could be due to occupational, health behavioral and awareness differences between men and women in different geographical areas.…”

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confidence: 81%

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Outcome of Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria

Okonkwo

Adebayo²,

Ogbonna³

2022

AJMAH

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Aim: To report the outcome of pterygium surgery with conjunctival autograft at a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria. Methods: This is a retrospective non comparative study of post operative outcomes in which the medical records of all patients who had pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft from July 2016 to June 2021 at Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital Calabar, Nigeria were reviewed. All the patients were followed up for a minimum of 6 months. Data collected were sex, age, grade of pterygium, indication for pterygium surgery, post operative complications and recurrent pterygium growth. Results: Forty – three eyes of 38 patients were operated on. There were 23 males and 15 females (M:F = 1.5:1). Age range was 28 to 61 years (mean 40.9 ± 8.4). Age range with the highest surgery was 31 to 40 years. Grade two pterygium accounted for most of the cases (88.4%) followed by grade three (9.3%) and grade one (2.3%). The most common indication for pterygium surgery was cosmetic (55.8%) followed by recurrent inflammation (34.9%) and the least indication was blurring of vision (9.3%). Of the 43 eyes operated, one had recurrence giving a recurrence rate of 2.3%. One patient each developed granuloma and conjunctival cyst while three patients had subgraft hemorrhage. Conclusion: Primary pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft has a low recurrence rate consistent with previously published reports.

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