DR JYOTI’S NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF PTERYGIUM EXCISION AND CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT USING DIATHERMY AND ITS COMPARISON WITH PTERYGIUM EXCISION AND AUTOGRAFT USING SUTURE

Dr. Jyoti*

ABSTRACT

Pterygium (meaning a wing) is a subconjunctival proliferation of fibrovascular growth encroaching upon the cornea. Its treatment is surgical excision and pterygium excision if followed by conjunctival autograft has better recovery and less recurrence. Various techniques have been described of which autograft with sutures and tissue fibrin glue are the most widely used procedures. In this article a comparative analysis of the new technique with autografting using sutures is described technique which is without use of sutures and glue and offers comparable results.

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