title: [Initial experience with autologous conjunctiva/limbus transplantation in pterygium].
abstract: The present paper reports on the technique and results of conjunctiva/limbus transplantation in 13 eyes with primary or cicatricial pterygium (12 cases and 1 case, respectively). In all cases the pterygia were located nasally. The operation was performed by bare sclera excision, covered with a free graft from the superotemporal conjunctiva and limbus. After a mean follow-up time of 5 months there was only one recurrence. On the basis of a new understanding of limbal diseases the authors believe that conjunctiva/limbus transplantation is an encouraging and appropriate technique for ideal anatomic reconstruction and low recurrence rates in pterygia.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsaugenklinik Essen.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Mellin
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Waubke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011625:Pterygium / Q000601:surgery*; D012590:Sclera / Q000637:transplantation*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Erste Erfahrungen mit der autologen Conjunctiva-/Limbus-Transplantation beim Pterygium.