Clinical Study
Outcomes of Vertical Split Conjunctival Autograft Using Fibrin Glue in Treatment of Primary Double-Headed Pterygia
Table 1
Summary of demographic and clinical results.
| | Variable | Result (mean ± SD) |
| | Age (years) | 36.9 ± 10.8 | | Gender, total (%) | | | Men | 9 (60%) | | Women | 6 (40%) | | Pterygium grade, total (%) (pterygia) | | | Grade I | 9 (30%) | | Grade II | 18 (60%) | | Grade III | 3 (10%) | | Pterygium morphology, total (%) (pterygia) | | | Atrophic | 8 (26.7%) | | Intermediate | 14 (46.6%) | | Fleshy | 8 (26.7%) | | Pterygium size (mm) | 2 ± 0.7 | | Follow-up period (months) | 16 ± 3.4 | | Operative time (minutes) | 32 ± 4.1 | | Conjunctival defects/conjunctival grafts (mm2) | | | Nasal | 7.9 ± 1.2 | | Temporal | 6.5 ± 1.1 | | Total | 13.6 ± 1.5 | | BCVA (logMAR) | | | Preoperative | 0.64 ± 0.26 | | 12-month follow–up | 0.26 ± 0.18 | | Sim K astigmatism (diopters) | | | Preoperative | 3.05 ± 1.5 | | 12-month follow-up | 1.15 ± 0.84 | | BUT (seconds) | | | Preoperative | 9 ± 1.5 | | 12-month follow-up | 12.2 ± 2.3 | | Schirmer’s test I (mm) | | | Preoperative | 11.6 ± 5 | | 12-month follow-up | 13.6 ± 4.4 | | Recurrence, total (%) | Zero (0%) | | Cosmetic grading, total (%) | | | Grade 1 | 12 (80%) | | Grade 2 | 3 (20%) | | Postoperative complication, total (%) | | | Graft edema | 7 pterygia (23%) | | Subconjunctival hemorrhage | 8 pterygia (23%) |
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Horizontal length of the pterygium from the limbus to the head (mm). The size of conjunctival grafts equal to the size of conjunctival defects. |
