The main treatment for
pterygium is surgery, and the basic objective is the prevention of recurrence.
Dr Armstrong stressed that the hospital has at least one
pterygium surgery a week, as well as one new patient diagnosed with the condition each week.
Herein, we report the efficacy of recurrence prevention-compared Ologen transplantation with conjunctival autograft surgery in primary
pterygium.
Pterygium inversum unguis is an infrequent disorder, where an exaggerated stratum corneum in the distal nail bed or hyponychium leads to obliteration of the distal groove.
Effects of UV Irradiation to the Limbal Niche:
Pterygium as an UV-Induced Disease Model
Previously harvested and frozen amniotic graft was applied in different types of ocular surface disorders, such as corneal ulcers,
pterygium, keratomalacia, Steven-Johnson syndrome, etc.
Over 12,000 indigentFilipino natives were provided free medical treatment, includingthousands of dollars in medication, check-ups, eye-exams, eyeglasses,surgical procedures for cataracts, glaucoma,
pterygium, and cystremovals.
They include splitting, longitudinal ridging, nail dystrophy, and
pterygium unguis formation (2-10).
Of these, there was systemic drug use in 5, diabetes mellitus in two and five,
pterygium in 3 and meibomian gland dysfunction in 1).
His knees were flexed because of bilateral popliteal
pterygium.
(4) The occurrence of different leprosy-related eye complications in LL hansen's and Type II lepra reaction is about 44%, which includes ocular muscle weakness, lagophthalmos, ectropion, trichiasis, entropion, blocked nasolacrimal ducts,
pterygium, impaired corneal sensation, corneal opacity, corneal nerve beading, punctate keratitis, iris atrophy, blindness, episcleritis, scleritis, iridocyclitis, iris atrophy and decreased visual acuity, corneal ulcer and cataract.
8) and
Pterygium, growth of conjunctiva extending towards cornea (Fig.