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

Table 2

Preoperative Characteristics of Pterygium in the Conjunctival Autograft and Mitomycin C Groups Who Completed 12-tear-follow-up.

	CAU ()	MMC ()	values
Size of pterygium (mm)	2.53 ± 0.72	2.66 ± 0.70	0.403^a
Site of pterygium			0.134^b
Nasal	13 (40.6%)	19 (59.4%)
Temporal	19 (59.4%)	13 (40.6%)
Morphology of pterygium			0.749^b
Atrophic	7 (21.9%)	8 (25.0%)
Intermediate	17 (53.1%)	14 (43.8%)
Fleshy	8 (25.0%)	10 (31.3%)
Pterygium type			0.740^b
Primary	26 (81.3%)	27 (84.4%)
Recurrent	6 (18.8%)	5 (15.6%)

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