Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft with autologous blood Amruth C Kumar1, Deepthi P. Ramya1,* 1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Narayana Medical College & Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Ramya Deepthi P, Email: research.nmch1@rediffmail.com
Online published on 14 January, 2019. Abstract Aim Current study focuses to analyse the advantage of the technique which uses the autologous blood for sutureless securing the conjunctival autograft post pterygium excision. Materials and Methods This is non-invasive study consists forty patients underwent primary pterygium surgery. After excision of pterygium, the patient's conjunctival autograft from supero-temporal quadrant and patient's autologous blood to attach the graft without sutures. 6 months of follow up data collected. Results In total 40 patients, male to female number observed as 11: 29. In those, grade I, II and III were observed in 7, 25, and 8 patients respectively. During surgery, there were no complications observed. Two patients with subconjunctival hemorrhage, two patients with graft retraction, one patient with graft loss and one patient with pterygium recurrence were recorded. 34 (85%) patients had good recovery and cosmesis was also observed excellent. Conclusion Non-invasive conjunctival autograft with patient's autologous blood using technique without sutures observed to be safe and the best outcome, and also consumes less time and cost effective. Top Keywords Pterygium excision, Autograft, Conjunctiva. Top |