Pterygium surgery has come a long way since I was a trainee, taught to use strontium 90. I did it once and thought, “this is terrible”. A common issue in pterygium surgery is the question: to glue, or not to glue? Bioglue speeds up the surgery by gluing a graft into place, instead of using …
This patient was sent in with an atypical lesion within his temporal pterygium. This photo was taken with a hand-held camera, rather than a slit lamp camera, but look at the plaque like lesion over the pterygium. This is an OSSN, which I will first shrink, then excise, with chemotherapy then surgery using the PERFECT …
Pterygium, a common eye condition characterized by a growth of tissue on the surface of the eye, can cause discomfort and vision problems. For patients seeking relief, pterygium surgery is often the recommended course of action. In recent years, a technique known as PERFECT (Pterygium Extended Removal Followed by Extended Conjunctival Transplantation) has emerged as …