To compare the safety, operating time, postoperative ocular signs, symptoms, overall patient satisfaction, complications rate and recurrence rate of autologous fibrin glue (AFG) and nylon suturing (NS) for attaching conjunctival autografts in pterygium surgery.A prospective, randomized, interventional study was performed among 120 patients (120 eyes) with primary pterygium. Superior conjunctival autograft was harvested and transferred on to bare sclera after pterygium excision. For attaching the autograft, AFG (n = 60 eyes) and NS (n = 60 eyes) were used. The patients were followed up for 12 months. The groups were compared for the safety, operative time, postoperative ocular signs, symptoms, overall patient satisfaction, recurrence and complications rate.All conjunctival autografts in both groups were successfully attached. The average operating time for the AFG group was significantly shorter (P < 0.001). Postoperative symptoms were fewer for the AFG group than the suture group. After 12 months of follow-up, no recurrence was reported for the AFG group, but 8.3
作者:Daryoush Hamidi, Alamdari;Mohamad-Reza, Sedaghat;Reza, Alizadeh;Siamak, Zarei-Ghanavati;Hashem, Naseri;Fatemeh, Sharifi
来源:International ophthalmology 2017 年