Postoperative complications of conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium

Authors

  • Bienvenido Bello Medina Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Iris de la Caridad de Armas Molerio
  • Carlos Lima León Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Rolando Guerra Iglesias

Keywords:

pterygium/surgery, postoperative complications

Abstract

Despite the enormous scientific and technical development achieved in recent years and many surgical techniques performed, the pterygium is an objective problem in ophthalmology practice. The recurrence rate is between 20 and 40% compared to conventional techniques. The conjunctival autograft is a procedure used successfully in recent years. It is based on a thorough cleaning of the area of the pterygium and the transplantation of the normal conjunctiva to the raw area where this was dissected. After the study of this technique, it was determined that it is simple and that their rate of recurrence is low. An observational- descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study was conducted. The universe consisted of all patients (eyes) diagnosed with primary pterygium who were surgically treated with this surgical technique in the Eye Center of the State of Lara, Venezuela, in the period from June 2006 to June 2010. A sample was selected using a simple random sampling of 150 patients.  Most of them were between 30 and 50 years of age, there was a predominance of males and generally were agricultural workers. The most frequent complication was the granuloma and only 5% of patients relapsed with this surgical technique.

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Author Biographies

Bienvenido Bello Medina, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Iris de la Caridad de Armas Molerio

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesora Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Carlos Lima León, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Rolando Guerra Iglesias

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología

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Bello Medina B, de Armas Molerio I de la C, Lima León C, Guerra Iglesias R. Postoperative complications of conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2011 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 3];5(3):60. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/622

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2011): July-Septembre. Special Issue of Hospital Scientifics Event

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