Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pterygium is a degenerative condition of the ocular surface. The growth is known to cause issues such as visual ...

Pterygium surgery may be required to improve vision or cosmetic appearance or for symptomatic relief, and often it is challenging both intraoperatively and postoperatively. When pterygium and cataract ...

(HealthDay News) — After pterygium excision, the sequence of tissue restoration appears to start in the cornea and end in the limbal area, according to a study published online March 31 in Ophthalmic ...

Purpose Pterygium excision is often followed by recurrence that may be more severe than the initial lesion. This study evaluated the efficacy of conjunctival mini-autograft following surgical excision ...

The authors performed a retrospective review of all of their cases of surgery for recurrent pterygia from October 2005 to November 2008. All patients had previously undergone at least 1 pterygium ...

To compare the surgical results, complications, and recurrence rates of primary pterygium excision with conjunctival autografts (CA) vs platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) grafts. Although the PRF has been ...

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has issued guidelines on Pterygium Excision with Graft and Ocular Surface Reconstructive Surgeries (OSR). Pterygium, most commonly known as “pugita ...

A pterygium (pronounced te-ri-gi-um) is a fleshy pink growth on the white of the eye, which grows from the conjunctiva (the thin membrane that covers the white of the eye) onto the cornea (clear ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Do you suffer from itchy, red or dry eyes? It may be a common, but often under-recognized eye condition called Pterygia. ABC13 anchor Rita Garcia shares her own personal ...

Surfer’s eye, or pterygium as it’s known scientifically, may seem like an obscure disorder, one which affects only the saltiest of elder surfers at your local break and is commonly recognized by its ...