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Surgical removal is typically only recommended if the ability to see is affected. [2] Following surgery a pterygium may recur in around half of cases. [2] [6] The frequency of the condition varies from 1% to 33% in various regions of the world. [7] It occurs more commonly among males than females and in people who live closer to the equator. [7]
Surgery is usually performed under local anaesthetic with light sedation as day surgery. The pterygium is stripped carefully off the surface of the eye. If this is all that is done, the pterygium regrows frequently. The technique with the lowest recurrence rate uses an autotransplantation of conjunctiva from under the eyelid. This is placed ...
I have a conflict of interest regarding the Pterygium (conjunctiva) content, as I conduct surgery and research into Pterygium and have developed P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for Pterygium, a procedure which has been documented globally as having recurrence rates of 1 in 1000 compared to the standard procedure (conjunctival auto-grafting) recurrence rates of ...
Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa. [1] Eye surgery is part of ophthalmology and is performed by an ophthalmologist or eye surgeon. The eye is a fragile organ, and requires due care before, during, and after a surgical procedure to minimize or prevent further damage.
Enucleation is the removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of ocular tumors, in eyes that have sustained severe trauma, and in eyes that are otherwise blind and painful. [1]
Surgery Pseudopterygium is the conjunctival adhesion to cornea caused by limbal or corneal inflammation or trauma . The pseudopterygium can be easily distinguished from pterygium by bowman's probe test. [ 1 ]
In addition, "pharyngo" means pharynx, "laryngo" means larynx, "esophag" means esophagus. Thus, "pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy" refers to the surgical removal of the three. The field of minimally invasive surgery has spawned another set of words, such as arthroscopic or laparoscopic surgery. These take the same form as above; an arthroscope is a ...
Thyroidectomy is the removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. Tonsillectomy is the removal of the tonsils. Trabeculectomy is the removal of part of the eye's trabecular meshwork as a treatment for glaucoma. Tumorectomy is the surgical removal of a tumor. Turbinectomy is the removal of the turbinate bones in the nasal passage.