Research Article
Efficacy and Safety of Bevacizumab in the Treatment of Pterygium: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 2
Definition of pterygium recurrence of the included randomized clinical trials.
| | Author (year) | Definition of recurrence |
| | Fallah (2010) | Fibrovascular tissue stretching onto cornea | | Razeghinejad (2010) | Fibrovascular tissue extending more than 1.5 mm across limbus | | Shenasi (2011) | Fibrovascular growth crossing limbus and extending over the cornea to any distance | | Shahin (2012) | 4 grades classified | | Lekhanont (2012) | Fibrovascular tissue invading cornea or when the lesion was categorized as grade 4 | | Ozgurhan (2013) | No specific definition | | Xu (2013) | Fibrovascular tissue invading cornea | | Nava-Castaneda, A (2014) | 4 grades classified | | Karalezli (2014) | Fibrovascular growth passing the corneal limbus by more than 1mm | | Razeghinejad (2014) | More than 1.5 mm of fibrovascular tissue overgrowth on cornea and any fibrovascular tissue crossing limbus | | Ozsutcu (2014) | Any fibrovascular growth of conjunctival tissue extending more than 1.5 mm across limbus | | Kasetsuwan (2015) | 4 grades classified | | Singh (2015) | 4 grades classified | | Bekibele (2016) | Growth of fibrovascular tissue 1 mm or more into cornea | | Motarjemizadeh (2016) | New vessels or fibrovascular connective tissues crossing corneal limbus |
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