Astigmatic change following excision of double-headed monocular pterygium (DMP) Dwivedi Kshama1,*, Singh S.P2 1Associate Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Kshama Dwivedi Email: drdkshama@gmail.com
Online published on 14 January, 2019. Abstract Introduction To study the effect of excision of double headed monocular pterygium on astigmatism. Materials and Methods 8 Patients of DMP presenting from January 2016 to December 2017 were treated with excision of pterygium followed by conjunctival autograft. Preoperative and postoperative astigmatism was measured by keratometry. Observation The change between preoperative and postoperative day 45 astigmatism was found to be extremely significant (p=0.0003). Conclusion DMP must be dealt with utmost care, owing to it's higher impact in change of astigmatism. Top Keywords Double headed monocular pterygium, Pterygium induced astigmatism. Top |