EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Category: Cornea
Diagnosis: eight unsuccessful pterygium operations

Image Comments:

The pterygium has a distinct geographic distribution. On the Gangetic plain as in other sunny, dusty, windblown regions, the eye surgeon will examine many patients with this condition. In cities of Upstate New York, a patient with an active pterygium is a rarity - frequently the patient is from elsewhere and is a farmer or works outdoors. At the Kurji Eye Clinic, this patient stated that he had had eight surgeries for his pterygium. Indication that there has been no absolutely satisfactory operation for the active pterygium lies in the publication - even until today - of new approaches to the pterygium. Any report of a new and better operation for pterygium must include the essential statistic of active versus inactive pterygia in the case-studies.

 

 

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