TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term follow-up of pterygium surgery using a conjunctival autograft and tissucol
AU - Nieuwendaal, Carla P.
AU - Van Der Meulen, Ivanka J.E.
AU - Mourits, Maarten
AU - Lapid-Gortzak, Ruthie
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - PURPOSE: To evaluate the rate of recurrence and to detect pre- or postoperative complications in pterygium surgery using fibrin glue to attach the conjunctival autograft. METHODS: Retrospective case series. In a period of 20 months, 35 patients were operated on for a pterygium using a conjunctival autograft, of which 7 patients were operated (20%) for a recurrent pterygium. The autograft was glued with Tissucol Duo 500, a human tissue glue. Follow-up was at least 1 year. RESULTS: Mean age was 50.4 years (range, 23-80 years), 18 women and 17 men. Success rate was 97.1%. In 1 patient with a primary pterygium, the lesion recurred after 4 months (2.9%). One autograft was lost on the first postoperative day. No other pre- or postoperative problems were encountered. CONCLUSIONS: The use of Tissucol fibrin glue seems to be a safe, easy, and effective technique for attaching the conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery. The recurrence rate of the procedure is low.
AB - PURPOSE: To evaluate the rate of recurrence and to detect pre- or postoperative complications in pterygium surgery using fibrin glue to attach the conjunctival autograft. METHODS: Retrospective case series. In a period of 20 months, 35 patients were operated on for a pterygium using a conjunctival autograft, of which 7 patients were operated (20%) for a recurrent pterygium. The autograft was glued with Tissucol Duo 500, a human tissue glue. Follow-up was at least 1 year. RESULTS: Mean age was 50.4 years (range, 23-80 years), 18 women and 17 men. Success rate was 97.1%. In 1 patient with a primary pterygium, the lesion recurred after 4 months (2.9%). One autograft was lost on the first postoperative day. No other pre- or postoperative problems were encountered. CONCLUSIONS: The use of Tissucol fibrin glue seems to be a safe, easy, and effective technique for attaching the conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery. The recurrence rate of the procedure is low.
KW - conjunctival autograft
KW - fibrin glue
KW - pterygium surgery
KW - Tissucol
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U2 - 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181dea7f0
DO - 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181dea7f0
M3 - Article
C2 - 20861727
AN - SCOPUS:78650950770
SN - 0277-3740
VL - 30
SP - 34
EP - 36
JO - Cornea
JF - Cornea
IS - 1
ER -