Abstract
Efficacy of suture less and glue-free conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery
Highlights
Conjunctival autografting is giving good results in pterygium surgery [1,2]
Still some improvements are needed for better graft stability
The most commonly used means of fixating conjunctival autografts is by sutures or fibrin glue [3,4]
Summary
Conjunctival autografting is giving good results in pterygium surgery [1,2]. The most commonly used means of fixating conjunctival autografts is by sutures or fibrin glue [3,4]. The absence of suture or biological glue poses problem of graft fixation. This graft fixation is potentialized by fibrin glue at the junction of the conjunctival autograft and the conjunctival bed [5]. In a review of the literature conducted in India, major displacement rates ranged between 0 to 12% while Boucher in Canada noted a 20% rate of graft loss [6,7]. Most graft loss occurs before this time
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