Abstract
Objective To explore a safe and simple method ofpterygium surgery to reduce recurrence rate and side effect.Methods All 123 patients (124 eyes) were randomly divided into two groups:PTK surgery group (group A,60 eyes) and corneal limbal stem cells autograft transplantation surgery group (group B,64 eyes),then compared the recurrence rate,satisfaction rate,reparation of cornea,and tear function,astigmatism,beast corrected visual acuity (BCVA) before and after surgery.Results The recurrence rate of two groups was similar.There were statistically significant different of the reparation of cornea and tear function (BUT) after surgery in early days,P ＜0.001.No significant difference was found in eyesight raise and astigmatism decrease in early stage,but in later stage group A were raised compared group B,P ＜0.05.Conclusions Pterygium excision surgery with phototherapeutic keratectomy is a method which can achieve good effect and decrease surgery complication maximality. Key words: Pterygium; Excision surgery; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Corneal limbal stem cells autograft transplantation
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