Clinical Study

Twelve-Year Outcomes of Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft versus Intraoperative Mitomycin C in Double-Head Pterygium Surgery

Table 1

Demographic and Clinical Data of Patients with double head pterygium.

All ()Completed ()Defaulted () values

Age (years)60.9 ± 10.159.2 ± 10.268.9 ± 5.210.016a
Gender (M : F)24 : 1519 : 135 : 20.553b

All ()Completed ()Defaulted () values

Mean size of pterygium (mm)2.63 ± 0.69 2.59 ± 0.712.71 ± 0.610.412a
Morphology of pterygium0.251b
 Atrophic19 (24.4%)15 (23.4%)4 (28.6%)
 Intermediate40 (51.3%)31 (48.4%)9 (64.3%)
 Fleshy19 (24.4%)18 (28.1%)1 (7.14%)
Pterygium type0.792b
 Primary65 (83.3%)53 (82.8%)12 (85.7%)
 Recurrent13 (16.7%)11 (17.2%)2 (14.3%)

CAU = conjunctival autograft; MMC = mitomycin C.
aMann-Whitney test between completed and defaulted groups.
bChi-square test between completed and defaulted groups.