[Surgery for pterygium with transplantation of an epithelial conjunctival flap. I. Methods].
Advantages and disadvantages as well as the efficacy of the most frequently applied surgical and combined methods of the pterygium therapy are discussed. A personal approach is presented; it consists of excision of the pterygium with a margin of a healthy tissue exposing the sclera and of covering of the conjunctival defect with a free epithelial layer of the bulbar conjunctiva from the upper quadrant. In case of necessity the flap may be used for a simultaneous reconstruction of the semilunar fold. The description of the method is completed by illustrations.
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Kliniki Okulistycznej CSK WAM w Warszawie, Poland.
D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D011625:Pterygium / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
Operacja skrzydlika z przeszczepieniem nabłonkowego płata spojówki. I. Opis metody.